Oh blue of heaven, oh blue of heaven

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by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

O Himmelblau, o Himmelblau

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

O Himmelblau, o Himmelblau,
   Hab' dich so oft gesehn --
Was sagst du mir heut zum ersten Mal,
   Wie du wunder-, wunderschön?

O [Vögel all]¹, ihr Vögelein,
   Ich lauscht euch doch so oft -- 
Was sagt ihr mir heut zum ersten Mal,
   Was ihr träumt und sehnt und hofft?

[O Gotteswelt, schöne]² Gotteswelt,
   Wie traut erschienst du mir --
Was sagst du mir heut zum ersten Mal,
   Daß ich ein Teil von dir?

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• P. Umlauft

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Confirmed with Ferdinand Avenarius, Wandern und Werden. Erste Gedichte, Zweite, neugestaltete Auflage, Florenz und Leipzig: bei Eugen Diederichs, 1898, page 31.

¹ Umlauft: "Vögelein"
² Umlauft: "Du wunderschöne"

Text Authorship:

by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923), "Liebe", appears in Wandern und Werden, in Blätter vom Meer [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 Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Liebeserwachen", op. 22 no. 4, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz: C.A. Klemm [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 70

Oh blue of heaven, oh blue of heaven

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Oh blue of heaven, oh blue of heaven,
   I have seen you so often --
Why are you telling me today for the first time
   How wondrously, wondrously beautiful you are?

Oh [all ye birds], ye birdlets,
   I have listened to you so often --
Why are you telling me today for the first time
   What you dream and yearn for and hope for?

[Oh God's world, beautiful]² God's world,
   How familiar you seemed to me --
Why are you telling me today for the first time
   That I am a part of you?

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Translations of title(s):
"Liebe" = "Love"
"Liebeserwachen" = "Love's awakening"

¹ Umlauft: "birdlets"
² Umlauft: "You wondrously beautiful"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ferdinand Avenarius (1856 - 1923), "Liebe", appears in Wandern und Werden, in Blätter vom Meer
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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 91