A serenade | I was already stretched out in gentle sleep

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by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ein Ständchen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

In [lindem]¹ Schlaf schon lag ich hingestreckt,
Da hat mich jäh dein Geigenspiel erweckt.
Doch, wo das Menschenherz mir so begegnet,
Nacht oder Tag, die Stunde sei gesegnet!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• R. Schüller

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Confirmed with Theodor Storm's gesammelte Schriften, Erste Gesammtausgabe, Zweite Auflage, Erster Band, Braunschweig: Druck und Verlag von George Westermann, 1877, page 141.

¹ Schüller: "linden" [sic]

Text Authorship:

by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), "Ein Ständchen" [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 Rudolf Schüller , "Ein Ständchen" [ voice and piano ], first published in Der Kunstwart: Halbmonatschau über Dichtung, Theater, Kunst, bildende und angewandte Künste, ed. by Ferdinand Avenarius, Vol XX, 1, Oktober 1906 bis März 1907 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "A serenade", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-11
Line count: 4
Word count: 29

A serenade

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I was already stretched out in gentle sleep,
When I was abruptly awakened by your violin-playing.
Yet where I thus encounter a human heart,
Be it by night or day, may that hour be blessed!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Theodor Storm (1817 - 1888), "Ein Ständchen"
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This text was added to the website: 2024-10-10
Line count: 4
Word count: 35