by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896)
Aus der Kindheit
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ein Hügel war's, wo ich im Gras zur Sommerzeit am liebsten sass als frohes Kind allein; weit um mich her die grüne Au und über mir nur tiefes Blau und goldner Sonnenschein. Da schwärmten Falter mir vorbei, und fleiss'ge Bienen summten frei mir um das blonde Haar. Goldkäfer stellten oft sich ein, und Grillen musizierten fein zum Tanz der Mückenschar. Und wenn der Tag zu Rüste ging, wie selig da mein Auge hing an Wolken, goldumsäumt! O, das war tiefe Poesie, - so lebensvolle, wie ich nie - mir je als Mann erträumt.
Authorship
- by Julius Karl Reinhold Sturm (1816 - 1896) [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Aus der Kindheit", 1879, published 2010 [ voice and piano ], rediscovered by Christian Wolf of the Richard-Strauss-Institut, Garmisch; Schott; one of three songs given to Sophie Dietz in April 1879 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "De la infància", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "From childhood", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "De l'enfance", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Dall'infanzia", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , "De la infancia", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Amelia Maria Imbarrato
This text was added to the website: 2010-03-01
Line count: 18
Word count: 93