Spanish song | He stood before me in the radiance of youth

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Spanisches Lied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Er stand vor mir im Jugendglanze,
Strahlendes Aug', wallendes Haar,
Als ich schwebend im üpp'gen Tanze
Sah nach des Volks wogender Schar.
Ach, da fühlt ich im Herzen
Was ich nimmer gekannt. 
War es Wonne, waren's Schmerzen?
War's Qual, war’s süße Lust?
Vor Sehnen, ach möcht' ich vergeh'n!
Könnt' ich ihn doch wiederseh'n!
Ha welche Lust, welch namenlos Entzücken!
Wonniger Rausch und seliges Beglücken,
Einmal an's Herz ihn zu drücken,
Sterben an seiner Brust.
Mein Herz erbebt vor Lust.
Mein Herz erbebt vor Lust,
Zu sterben an seiner Brust!

Note: Eckert begins his song with "Ah! Ah! Ah!" and inserts "Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!" after lines 6 and 7. He also inserts "Ah!" after lines 14 and 15.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Karl Anton Florian Eckert (1820 - 1879), "Spanisches Lied" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Spanish song", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-04-14
Line count: 17
Word count: 89

Spanish song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

He stood before me in the radiance of youth,
glowing eyes, flowing hair,
As I, floating in the opulent dance,
Watched the seething mass of the people.
Ah, then I felt in my heart
What I had never known.
Was it bliss, was it pain?
Was it agony, was it sweet passion?
I would like to, ah, perish for yearning!
If I could but see him again!
Ha, what joy, what nameless rapture!
Blissful exhilaration and blessed delight,
To press him once to my heart,
To die upon his breast.
My heart is in passionate turmoil
My heart is in passionate turmoil
To die upon his breast!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2017-04-14
Line count: 17
Word count: 107