Melancholy | When today I am permitted

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by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wehmut

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Darf ich einer Blume still
Heut ins Auge sehen,
Wie ein heimlich Grüßen will
Mir's entgegenwehen.

Schau ich nun ins Land hinaus,
Will's mich fast berücken,
Daß ich säh ein Antlitz draus
Herzlich auf mich blicken.

Wenn dann Lerchensänge weit
Durch den Himmel schwimmen,
Hör ich aus der Ewigkeit
Jubeln liebe Stimmen.

Confirmed with Ferdinand Avenarius, Stimmen und Bilder. Neuere Gedichte, Neunte, verbesserte und stark vermehrte Auflage, München: Georg D. W. Callwey, [1911], page 45

Text Authorship:

by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923), "Wehmut", appears in Stimmen und Bilder, in Jahrbuch [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), "Wehmut", 1901. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Melancholy", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mélancolie", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 52

Melancholy

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When today I am permitted 
To gaze into the eyes of a flower,
Like a secret greeting 
It wafts toward me.

When I gaze now out into the land,
I am almost beguiled into thinking
That from [the land] I see a face
Looking upon me affectionately.

Then when the songs of the larks
Float from afar through the sky,
From out of eternity I hear
Beloved voices rejoicing.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923), "Wehmut", appears in Stimmen und Bilder, in Jahrbuch
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This text was added to the website: 2017-12-08
Line count: 12
Word count: 69