Away over the world, clouds float

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by Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929)

Translation © by Chris D. Godwin

Über die Welt hin ziehen die Wolken

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

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Über die Welt hin ziehen die Wolken.
Grün durch die Wälder
fliesst ihr Licht. 
Herz, vergiss! 
In stiller Sonne
webt [linderndster]¹ Zauber,
unter wehenden Blumen blüht tausend Trost. 
[Vergiss! Vergiss!]²
Aus fernem Grund pfeift, horch, ein Vogel ... 
Er singt sein Lied. 
Das Lied vom Glück! 
Vom Glück.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• H. Gál • K. Löbl

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¹ Löbl: "lindernder"
² Gál: "Herz vergiß!"

Text Authorship:

by Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929), "Über die Welt hin ziehen die Wolken", appears in Phantasus [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 Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879 - 1953), "Über die Welt hin", op. 22 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier = Szesc piesni na glos i fortepian) no. 5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Vergiß!", op. 12 (Drei Lieder für Frauenchor und Pianoforte) no. 2 (1910-3), published 1921, first performed 1915 [ three-part women's chorus and piano ], F.E.C. Leuckart, Leipzig [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Maria Löbl (1911 - 1942), "Über die Welt hin ziehen die Wolken" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Über die Welt hin ziehen die Wolken", op. 9 (Fünf Gesänge aus Phantasus) no. 3 (1905), published c1920 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Chris D. Godwin) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Les nuages passent au-dessus du monde", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 49

Away over the world, clouds float

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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Away over the world, clouds float.
Greenly through forests
their light flows.
Heart, forget!
In silent sunshine
weaves the most soothing magic,
among nodding flowers a heap of consolation blooms.
Forget! Forget!
From a distant field, hark, a bird …
singing its song. 
The song of joy!
Of joy.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Arno Hermann Oscar Alfred Holz (1863 - 1929), "Über die Welt hin ziehen die Wolken", appears in Phantasus
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This text was added to the website: 2020-12-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 49