The larks' song | Ethereal, distant voices

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by Karl August Candidus (1817 - 1872)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Lerchengesang

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI DUT ENG FRE ITA

Ätherische ferne Stimmen,
Der Lerchen himmlische Grüße,
Wie regt ihr mir so süße
Die Brust, ihr lieblichen Stimmen!

Ich schließe leis mein Auge,
Da ziehn Erinnerungen
In sanften Dämmerungen
Durchweht vom Frühlingshauche.

Text Authorship:

by Karl August Candidus (1817 - 1872), "Lerchengesang", appears in Vermischte Gedichte, first published 1869 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Lerchengesang", op. 70 (Vier Gesänge) no. 2 (1877), published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Lerchengesang", from Drei Lieder um 1890, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El cant de l'alosa", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "云雀之歌", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Leeuwerikenzang", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The larks' song", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le chant des alouettes", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Il canto delle allodole", copyright © 2008, (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: 8
Word count: 32

The larks' song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Ethereal, distant voices,
The heavenly greetings of the larks:
How sweetly you move
My heart, you lovely voices!

I close my eyes gently;
There pass memories
Of soft twilights,
Pervaded with the breath of Spring.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl August Candidus (1817 - 1872), "Lerchengesang", appears in Vermischte Gedichte, first published 1869
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 35