Happiness is this: To rest beside one another

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by Walter Calé (1881 - 1904)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Das Glück ist dieses: Beieinander ruhen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Das Glück ist dieses: Beieinander ruhen,
schweigsam als wie gebettet in den Abend,
und Horchen ist es auf den einen Ton,
den meine Seele nächtlich singt.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Nachgelassene Schriften von Walter Calé. Mit einem Vorwort von Fritz Mauthner, herausgegeben und eingeleitet von Arthur Brückmann, Dritte Auflage, Berlin: S. Fischer Verlag, 1910, page 94

Text Authorship:

by Walter Calé (1881 - 1904), no title, written 1902-03, appears in Nachgelassene Schriften, in Gesänge (1902-1903) [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 Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Das Glück ist dieses", op. 70 (Sieben Lieder) no. 1 (1917/8) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Happiness is this: To rest beside one...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Happiness is this: To rest beside one another,
silent as if pillowed in the evening,
and it is a listening to the single note
that my soul sings nightly.

About the headline (FAQ)

Translation of title "Das Glück ist dieses" = "This is happiness"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Walter Calé (1881 - 1904), no title, written 1902-03, appears in Nachgelassene Schriften, in Gesänge (1902-1903)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-11-25
Line count: 4
Word count: 29