by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
I am wild, I will sing to the trees
Language: English
Our translations: GER
I am wild, I will sing to the trees,
I will sing to the stars in the sky,
I love, I am loved, he is mine,
Now at last I can die!
I am sandaled with wind and with flame,
I have heart-fire and singing to give,
I can tread on the grass or the stars,
Now at last I can live!
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Text Authorship:
- by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "Joy", appears in Rivers to the Sea, first published 1915 [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 Floy Little Bartlett (b. 1883), "Heat-fire and singing", published 1931 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dominick DiOrio , "Joy", 2013 [ baritone and piano ], from A Ghost Through the Winding Years, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fay Foster (1886 - 1960), "At last", published 1918 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Brodbin Kennedy , "Joy", published 1972 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from The Look, the Kiss, and Joy [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Walter Kramer (1890 - 1969), "Joy", op. 44 no. 1, published 1917 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bain Murray (b. 1926), "Joy", published 1974 [ soprano and piano ], from Flame and Shadow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Rihm , "Joy", published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Two Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Roberts , "Joy", published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wintter Haynes Watts (1884 - 1962), "Joy", published 1917 [ voice and piano ], New York: G. Schirmer [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wonne", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 62