Where the laburnum stands | Before we walk onward

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by Felix Lorenz (1875 - 1930)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wo der Goldregen steht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Eh wir weitergehen,
Lass uns stille stehen,
Hier ist Alles ruhig, weit und klar.
Eine Blüthendolde
Von dem gelben Golde
Dieses Strauches in Dein braunes Haar!

Seine Zweige hängen
Schwer und voll und drängen
Über uns mit süsser Kraft herein.
Lass uns stehn und warten --
Tief im fernsten Garten
Kann die Liebe nicht [geborg'ner]¹ sein.

Eine alte Weise
Klingt verträumt und leise,
Und Du siehst mich an und lächelst hold.
Quellen gehn und rinnen --
Ach, was [nun]² beginnen -- ?
Sieh: es regnet Glück und Sonnengold!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Berg

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Confirmed with the anthology Jugend, Nr. 16, München & Leipzig: G. Hirth's Kunstverlag, 1899, page 252.

Note: contemporary German would change the following spelling: "Blüthendolde" -> "Blütendolde"

¹ Berg: "verborg'ner"
² Berg: "jetzt"

Text Authorship:

by Felix Lorenz (1875 - 1930), "Wo der Goldregen steht" [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Wo der Goldregen steht", 1902 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 86

Where the laburnum stands

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Before we walk onward
Let us stand still;
Here everything is quiet, expansive and clear.
[Let me tuck] a blossoming sprig
From the yellow gold
Of this bush into your brown hair!

Its branches hang
Heavy and full, and they crowd in
Above us with sweet verdure.
Let us stand and wait
Deep in the most distant garden
Love cannot be more concealed.

An old tune
Sounds dreamily and quietly,
And you look at me and smile beautifully.
Water-springs bubble and run,
Ah, what’s to begin now?
See, it is raining down happiness and sun-gold.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Felix Lorenz (1875 - 1930), "Wo der Goldregen steht"
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-29
Line count: 18
Word count: 95