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by Helene Tiedemann (18?? - 1907), as Leon Vandersee

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Noch bin ich jung

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Noch bin ich jung -- noch will ich leben!
Mein Herz hat Heimweh nach dem Glück --
Ach, einmal noch die Flügel heben
Und in die schöne Welt zurück!
 
Da draußen lacht der Lenz, der holde,
Im Himmelsblau und Waldesgrün!
Der Becher [glänzt]¹ schäumt im Sonnengolde,
Und tausend duft'ge Blumen blüh'n!
 
Hinaus, hinaus, dem Licht entgegen --
Mich tötet die Gefangenschaft!
Ach, einmal noch die [Schwingen]¹ regen
Im Vollgefühl der Jugendkraft!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• B. Bock

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Confirmed with Fliegende Blätter, 107. Band (1897), Nro. 2715, page 54; this publication and the Bock score give the author as L. Vandersee.

¹ Bock: "schäumt"
² Bock: "Flügel"

Text Authorship:

by Helene Tiedemann (18?? - 1907), as Leon Vandersee, "Noch bin ich jung --" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Berta Bock (1857 - 1945), "Noch bin ich jung", op. 6 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published c1900 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Fritz Schuberth Jr. ; also published in the collection Lieder siebenbürgischer Komponisten, Book I [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I am still young", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-08
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Word count: 70

I am still young

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I am still young - I still wish to live!
My heart is homesick for happiness -
Ah, to lift my wings just once more
And [to fly] back to the beautiful world!
 
Outdoors, Spring, the lovely one, is laughing
In the blue of heaven and the green of the forest;
The goblet gleams in the gold of the sun,
And a thousand scented flowers are blooming!
 
Out, out, toward the light -
Imprisonment is killing me!
Ah, to lift my wings just once more
In the full awareness of youthful strength!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Helene Tiedemann (18?? - 1907), as Leon Vandersee, "Noch bin ich jung --"
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This text was added to the website: 2016-11-02
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Word count: 89