How happy and fresh my thoughts soar (Tieck, set by Johannes Brahms) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Wie froh und frisch mein Sinn sich hebt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE ITA TUR

Wie froh und frisch mein Sinn sich hebt,
Zurück bleibt alles Bangen,
Die Brust mit neuem Mute strebt,
Erwacht ein neu Verlangen.

Die Sterne spiegeln sich im Meer,
Und golden glänzt die Flut.
Ich rannte taumelnd hin und her,
Und war nicht schlimm, nicht gut.

Doch niedergezogen
Sind Zweifel und wankender Sinn;
O tragt mich, ihr schaukelnden Wogen,
Zur längst ersehnten Heimat hin.

In lieber, dämmernder Ferne,
Dort rufen heimische Lieder,
Aus jeglichem Sterne
Blickt sie mit sanftem Auge nieder.

Ebne dich, du treue Welle,
Führe mich auf fernen Wegen
Zu der vielgeliebten Schwelle,
Endlich meinem Glück entgegen!

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Authorship

by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 15, chapter heading: "Wie Peter wieder zu Christen kam" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Wie froh und frisch mein Sinn sich hebt", op. 33 no. 14 (1861-65), published 1865 [voice and piano], from Die schöne Magelone. Romanzen aus L. Tiecks Magelone, no. 14, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "How happy and fresh my thoughts soar", copyright ©
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Vivace e lieto", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Hoe opgewekt is mijn gemoed", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
TUR Turkish (Türkçe) (Gül Sabar) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:52
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How happy and fresh my thoughts soar

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

How happy and fresh my thoughts soar,
Behind me I leave all my fears,
My heart strives with new cheer,
And new yearnings awaken.

The stars are mirrored in the sea,
And golden gleams the tide.
I ran dizzily hither and thither,
And was neither bad nor good.

Yet weighed down 
Are doubts and indecisive thoughts;
O carry me, you rocking waves,
To my homeland, long yearned-for.

In the dear, darkening distance,
There call the songs of home,
From every star
She gazes down with gentle eyes.

Smooth yourself, o trusty wave,
Lead me on the long road
To that well-beloved threshhold,
To my Happiness at long last!

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 15, chapter heading: "Wie Peter wieder zu Christen kam"

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:52
Line count: 20
Word count: 108