Portrait of Love | Surrounded by the forest

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by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Bild der Liebe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE NOR

Vom Wald umgeben
Ein Blütenbaum -
So lacht ins Leben
Der Liebe Traum,
Ihm nah verbunden
Und fern zugleich,
Bis er entschwunden
Dem Zauberreich.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, "Bild der Liebe", appears in Neue Lieder und Mären, in Stimmen und Gestalten [author's text not yet checked 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 Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Bild der Liebe", 1901-4, from Acht frühe Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Dr Michael P. Rosewall) , "Portrait of Love", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Image d'amour", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Kjærlighetsbilde", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Jakob Kellner

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 23

Portrait of Love

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Surrounded by the forest,
A flowering tree –
Thus, into life laughs
The dream of love,
Bound closely to it
And, at the same time, distant,
Until it dissipates
In the realm of magic.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Michael P Rosewall, (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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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, "Bild der Liebe", appears in Neue Lieder und Mären, in Stimmen und Gestalten
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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 34