by
Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund
Selbstvergessenheit
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Chinese (中文)
Der Strom floss, der Mond vergoss,
Der Mond vergoss sein Licht
Und ich vergass mich selbst
Als ich so sass beim Weine.
Die Vögel waren weit,
Das Leid war weit,
Und Menschen gab es keine.
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Rolf Liebermann (1910 - 1999), "Selbstvergessenheit", 1945, from Chinesische Liebeslieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edvard Moritz (1891 - 1974), "Selbstvergessenheit", op. 26 no. 3, published 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf chinesische Lieder, no. 3, Berlin, Birnbach [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rolf Sieber , "Selbstvergessenheit" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Self-forgetfulness", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 7
Word count: 35
Self‑forgetfulness
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The river flowed, the wind poured away,
the wind forgot its light,
and I forgot myself
while I sat with my wine.
The birds were far away,
sorrow was far away,
and nobody was there at all.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2018-02-26
Line count: 7
Word count: 37
