Over a thousand mountains

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Über die tausend Berge

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Über die tausend Berge
sollst du fliegen von Glück und Leid,
über vieltausend Berge
in Deine Ewigkeit --

Lächelnd voll seliger Schmerzen
derer, die drunten gehn,
die unsrer wagenden Herzen
Vogelglück nie verstehn --

Über die tausend Berge
sollst du fliegen von Glück und Leid,
über vieltausend Berge
in Deine Ewigkeit.

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Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Gedichte aus dem Nachlass [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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Über die tausend Berge", op. 61 no. 4, from Lieder der Liebe II, no. 4, also set in Finnish (Suomi) [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by V. Arti (Kaarlo Väinö Valve) (1885 - 1963) ENG FRE ; composed by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen.

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2016
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 49

Over a thousand mountains

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Over a thousand mountains 
You shall flee from joy and sorrow,
Over many thousands of mountains,
For your eternity.

Smiling, full of blessed pain
For those who walk below,
Who will never understand the avian joy 
Of our adventurous hearts.

Over a thousand mountains 
You shall flee from joy and sorrow,
Over many thousands of mountains,
For your eternity.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Emily Ezust
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Gedichte aus dem Nachlass
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 59