White sheep graze upon an icy heath in the snow

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by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Weiße Schafe weiden auf eisiger Haide im...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Weiße Schafe weiden auf eisiger Haide im Schnee.
Das ist reine Seele und spitzes Weh.
Eine irrende [Traum-Herde]¹.
Eine große Liebe auf dieser kleinen Erde.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Knab

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Confirmed with Alfred Mombert, Die Schöpfung Gedicht-Werk, Leipzig: Im Insel-Verlag, 1921, page 119

¹ Knab: "Traumherde"

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), no title, appears in Die Schöpfung, in Nächte, first published 1902 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "Weisse Schafe", 1905, published 1925 [voice and piano], from Mombert-Lieder, no. 2. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-06
Line count: 4
Word count: 27

White sheep graze upon an icy heath in...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

White sheep graze upon an icy heath in the snow.
That is pure soul and pointed pain.
A straying dream-herd.
A great love upon this small earth.

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Translation of title "Weisse Schafe" = "White sheep"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Mombert (1872 - 1942), no title, appears in Die Schöpfung, in Nächte, first published 1902
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-11
Line count: 4
Word count: 27