Smoke | The opal of the Earth must become smoke

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Sky Shields

Zu Rauch

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Zu Rauch muß werden der Erde Schmelz 
und des Himmels Azur auch.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866) [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), "Zu Rauch", 186-? [ SATB chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En fum", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Tot rook", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sky Shields) , "Smoke", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Fumée", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sky Shields

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-20
Line count: 2
Word count: 12

Smoke

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The opal of the Earth must become smoke, 
along with the blue of Heaven.

Translator's note: Though the modern translation of "Schmelz" seems to be "enamel," Grimm says it once referred to a color, at one point synonymous with silver, and later with any shiny glass or metallic texture, and later with any bright or shiny color.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-20
Line count: 2
Word count: 14