Improvisation | The dragonfly hovers trembling and opalescent over the pond

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by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund

Translation © by John Glenn Paton

Die Libelle schwebt zitternd und...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Chinese (中文)

Our translations: ENG

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Die Libelle schwebt zitternd und schillernd über dem Teich.
Der liegt glatt und regungslos. –
So bebt mein Herz
An deinem Herzen.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• R. Liebermann

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Confirmed with Klabund, Chinesische Gedichte ; Nachdichtungen, Project Gutenberg

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund, no title, appears in Chinesische Gedichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Chinese (中文) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by John Borstlap (b. 1950), "Improvisation II", 1982 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs chinesische Gedichte, no. 2, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
by Rolf Liebermann (1910 - 1999), "Improvisation", 1945, from Chinesische Liebeslieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "Improvisation", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-02-26
Line count: 4
Word count: 22

Improvisation

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Chosen for Diff

The dragonfly hovers trembling and opalescent over the pond.
It lies smooth and motionless.
So trembles my heart next to your heart.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund, no title, appears in Chinesische Gedichte
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Chinese (中文) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2018-02-26
Line count: 3
Word count: 22