Seliger Glaube
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wenn ich [mein]1 Lied in Tönen leis'
Hinsinge in die Nacht,
Mein Lied, das ich für Dich allein
Gesungen und erdacht:
Da winken mir die Sterne zu,
Da geht ein flüsternd Weh'n
Durch Baum und Strauch als hört' ich Dich
Dort in der Stille geh'n!
Ich lausche hin -- da ist's ein Hauch,
Der mir die Lippen schließt,
Als hättest Du mir plötzlich fort
Vom Mund Dein Lied geküßt.
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• J. Lang View original text (without footnotes)
Confirmed with O. Malybrok-Stieler, Lyrische Gedichte und Uebertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, Prag: Druck und Verlag von J. Otto, 1887, page 9.
1 Lang: "ein"
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Seliger Glaube", 1868 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Seliger Glaube", op. 55 no. 1 (1862), published 1871 [ soprano and piano ], from Liebesleben. Ein Cyclus von 8 Liedern, no. 1, Leipzig, Forberg [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Seliger Glaube", 1862, published 2004 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Seliger Glaube", JWV 136 no. 8 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Neun Lieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Ries (1846 - 1932), "Seliger Glaube", op. 41 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2009-05-22
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Word count: 69
When I my song in quiet strains
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
When I [my]1 song in quiet strains
Sing out into the night,
My song, that for you alone,
I sang and created,
Then the stars greet me,
Then a whispering zephyr passes
Through trees and bushes, as if I could hear you
Walking in the silence out there.
I listen--then it is as if a breath
Closes my lips
As if you had suddenly
Taken your song from my lips with a kiss.
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1 Lang: "a"
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Word count: 74
