Music | Ah, with enchanting lips

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by Emanuel, Freiherr von Bodman (1874 - 1946)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Musik

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ach, mit zauberischem Munde
Klärt Musik das wirre Leben,
Lässt auf rätselhaftem Grunde
Uns sein wahres Bild erbeben.

Vor dem Tor der Ewigkeiten
Zieht sie aufgelöst den Riegel.
Überm bunten Traum der Zeiten
Gleiten wir auf ihrem Spiegel.

Aus dem Wahn, aus der Bedrückung
Hebt sie uns mit offner Schwinge
Hoch in zitternder Beglückung
Zum Geheimnis aller Dinge.

Confirmed with Emanuel von Bodman, Früher Mond. Gedichte, herausgegeben von Walter Rügert, Frauenfeld Stuttgart Wien: Verlag Huber, 2002, page 61.

Text Authorship:

by Emanuel, Freiherr von Bodman (1874 - 1946), "Die Musik", appears in Der Tiefe Brunnen (1907-1924), no. 25 [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 Alfred Schlenker (1876 - 1950), "Die Musik" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Music", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Music

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Ah, with enchanting lips
Music untangles our confused life,
Upon the enigmatic base it lets
[Life's] true image tremble for us.

Before the gateway to eternities
Dissolving, [music] undoes the latch.
And over the colourful dream of the times
We glide upon her mirror.

From out of madness, out of oppression
She lifts us with outspread pinions
High in trembling delight
To the secret of all things.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel, Freiherr von Bodman (1874 - 1946), "Die Musik", appears in Der Tiefe Brunnen (1907-1924), no. 25
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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 67