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by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ja heil und dank dir die den segen...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Ja heil und dank dir die den segen brachte!
Du schläfertest das immer laute pochen
Mit der erwartung deiner -- Teure -- sachte
In diesen glanzerfüllten sterbewochen.

Du kamest und wir halten uns umschlungen ·
Ich werde sanfte worte für dich lernen
Und ganz als glichest du der Einen Fernen
Dich loben auf den [sonnen-wanderungen]¹.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Webern

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Confirmed with Stefan George, Werke. Ausgabe in Zwei Bänden, Erster Band, 4. Auflage, Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 1984, page 122

¹ Webern: "Sonnenwanderungen"

Text Authorship:

by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Jahr der Seele, in Nach der Lese [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 Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Ja Heil und Dank dir die den Segen brachte!", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Stefan George) no. 3 (1908-9) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

Research team for this page: Hubert Schmid , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 55

Yea, good health and thanks to you who brought blessings!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Yea, good health and thanks to you who brought [me] blessings!
You lulled to sleep the ever-loud throbbing
With the expectation of you -- precious one -- gently
In these radiance-filled weeks of dying.

You came and, entwined, we hold each other ·
For you I shall learn soft words
And, just as if you resembled the One Distant One,
[I] shall praise you as the sun runs along its course.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Jahr der Seele, in Nach der Lese
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This text was added to the website: 2017-08-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 69