Song of the Unborn | Father, there is no threat to you

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by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929)

Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Gesang der Ungeborenen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Vater, dir drohet nichts,
Siehe, es schwindet schon,
Mutter, das Ängstliche,
Das dich beirrte!
Wäre denn je ein Fest,
Wären nicht insgeheim
Wir die Geladenen,
Wir auch die Wirte?

Text Authorship:

by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), "Gesang der Ungeborenen" [author's text not yet checked 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Gesang der Ungeborenen", 2009 [high voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Song of the Unborn", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 29

Song of the Unborn

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Father, there is no threat to you,
See, it lessens already,
Mother, so fearful,
Do not be deterred!
Shall there not be a feast,
Shall it not be in secret,
We shall be the invited,
We also the hosts?

Text Authorship:

by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Song of the Unborn", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hugo Hofmann, Edler von Hofmannsthal (1874 - 1929), "Gesang der Ungeborenen"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 39