Com una melodia perduda

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by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Gleich einer versunkenen Melodie

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT

Gleich einer versunkenen Melodie 
hör ich vergangene Tage 
mich umklingen. 
Heiß von Thränen 
wird mir die Wange, 
und von [wehmütigen]¹ Seufzern 
schluchzt mir die Brust, 
an der du -
ach Du! 
einst dein blondes, 
erglühendes Köpfchen bargst, 
o Geliebte!

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• J. Marx

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Confirmed with Ich und die Welt. Gedichte von Christian Morgenstern, Verlag von Schuster & Loeffler, Berlin, 1898, page 94.

¹ Marx: "wehmüt'gen"

Text Authorship:

by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Ich und die Welt, first published 1898 [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 Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Erinnerung", op. 31 (Neun Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern) no. 3, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Gleich einer versunkenen Melodie", op. 49 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1903, copyright © 1903 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg : D. Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Gleich einer versunkenen Melodie", 1928, from 13 Lieder nach Gedichten von Christian Morgenstern, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Gleich einer versunkenen Melodie", 1935, published 1938 [ voice and piano ], in Lieder der Gegenwart, Musikverlag J. Kliment [sung text checked 1 time]
by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Gleich einer versunkenen Melodie", op. 51 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 8 (1900), published 1901 [ medium voice and piano ], München, Aibl Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 12
Word count: 38

Com una melodia perduda

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Com una melodia perduda
sento els dies passats
ressonar en mi.
De les llàgrimes
em cremen les galtes
i de melangiosos sospirs
sanglota el meu pit
en el que tu –
ai tu!
un dia amagaves
el teu ros, enrojolat cap,
oh estimada!

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Translations of title(s):
"Erinnerung" = "Record"
"Gleich einer versunkenen Melodie" = "Com una melodia perduda"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), no title, appears in Ich und die Welt, first published 1898
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This text was added to the website: 2023-06-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 43