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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)
Translation © by Marianne Beate Kielland

Über unsre Liebe hängt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE NOR
Über unsre Liebe hängt
eine tiefe Trauerweide.
Nacht und Schatten um uns beide;
unsre Stirnen sind gesenkt.

Wortlos sitzen wir im Dunkeln;
[einstmals]1 rauschte hier ein Strom,
[einstmals]1sahn wir Sterne funkeln.

Ist denn Alles tot und trübe?
Horch: ein [ferner]2 Mund! vom Dom!

Glockenchöre... Nacht ... und Liebe...

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Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Aber die Liebe. Ein Ehemanns- und Menschenbuch, München: Druck und Verlag von Dr. E. Albert & Co., 1893, page 81.

1 Morý: "einmal"
2 Morý: "fremder"

Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Aufblick", appears in Aber die Liebe [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 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "Aufblick", 1911 [ voice and orchestra or piano ], from Nocturnes, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979), "Aufblick", 1904 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jouni Kaipainen (b. 1956), "Über unsre Liebe hängt eine tiefe Trauerweide", 1990?, copyright © 1995 [ soprano, 2 violins, viola, cello ], from Glühende Blumen des Leichtsinns, no. 2, Copenhagen : Edition Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ján Móry (1892 - 1978), "Aufblick", op. 16 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Verlag von Ries & Erler [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Paul Scheinpflug (1875 - 1937), "Aufblick", op. 1 (Sechs Gesänge für mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6 [ medium voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), "Aufblick", op. 17 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 5 (1907), also set in Polish (Polski) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Aufblick", 1901-4, from Acht frühe Lieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Stanisław Barącz (1864 - 1936) ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Prospect from above", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Regard vers le haut", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Blikk oppover", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 51

Blikk oppover
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Over vår kjærlighet henger
en dyp sørgepil.
Natt og skygger omslutter oss begge.
Våre panner er senkede.

Ordløse sitter vi i mørket.
En gang bruste det her en elv,
en gang så vi stjerner blinke.

Er så alt dødt og trist?
Hør: - en fjern munn -- fra kirken:

Klokkekor... Natt og kjærlighet...

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Norwegian (Bokmål) copyright © 2008 by Marianne Beate Kielland, (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 Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Aufblick", appears in Aber die Liebe
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This text was added to the website: 2008-03-27
Line count: 10
Word count: 51

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