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Einen Bach, der fließt und sich ergießt, sanft wie ein Zephyr rauschet, Nymphen belauschet, Der sich schlängelnd und lenkt, Blumen und Wiesen tränkt, [schönen Reizungen schenkt, sich in Täler versenkt:]1, Ihm versprach die Natur, daß er nie verstocket, [wenn]2 er die Schläfer dieser Flur durch sein sanft Geräusch zum süßen Schlafe locket. Murmle Bach, dein gli, gla, glu, [selbst ein Amor seufzt]3 nicht zärtlicher als du!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 in Gluck's opera: "Mit der Wellen Schaum / netzt des Ufers Saum"
2 " : "Weil"
3 " : "Amor selber seufzt"
Authorship
Based on- a text in French (Français) by Louis Hurtaut Dancourt (c1725 - 1801) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714 - 1787), "Lied des Meister Überschwang", 1764, from the opera [selections] Die Pilger von Mekka [text verified 1 time]
- by Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714 - 1787), "Holde Frühlingszeit" [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , title 1: "Song of the master Überschwang (exuberance)", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , title 1: "Virtaavalle purolle", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 66
A creek, that runs and flows, As Zephyr softly whispers, spies on nymphs, weaving his way, watering flowers and meadows, with his rippling froth moistening his shores, was promised by nature, that he would never cease to flow, because he softly sings his lullaby for the weary and exhausted on his banks; murmur little creek, your gli, gla, glu, even Amor himself couldn't do any better!
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2007 by Linda Godry, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Charlotte Rittberg, Gräfin , no title
- a text in French (Français) by Louis Hurtaut Dancourt (c1725 - 1801) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-23
Line count: 17
Word count: 66