Monsoon season | Heavy with blossoms the boughs bow down

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by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Beschwert von Blüten, beugen sich die...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्)

Our translations: ENG

Beschwert von Blüten, beugen sich die Zweige
Der Bäume nieder, silberne Regentropfen
Glänzen darüber hin, ein schwüler Duft
Ergießt sich durch den feuchten Raum und macht
Die Liebenden voll Sehnsucht [nacheinander]¹.

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• A. Zemlinsky

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¹ Zemlinsky: "zu einander"

Text Authorship:

by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Regenzeit I", appears in Der indische Harfe, first published 1920 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) by Kalidasa (flourished 5th century) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942), "Regenzeit", op. 27 (Twelve songs: for soprano and piano) no. 11 (1937/8), published c1978 [ soprano and piano ], Hillsdale, N.Y. : Mobart Music Publications, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in English, a translation by Maurice Wright (b. 1949) , "Rainy season", copyright © ; composed by Alexander Zemlinsky.

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ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Monsoon season", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 5
Word count: 33

Monsoon season

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Heavy with blossoms the boughs bow down,
silver raindrops sparkle over them.
A sultry fragrance pours forth
over the humid room and makes the lovers
full of longing for each other.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Regenzeit I", appears in Der indische Harfe, first published 1920
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) by Kalidasa (flourished 5th century) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-16
Line count: 5
Word count: 31