As the zephyr gently | As the zephyr gently

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by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

So wie der Zephyr leise

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

So wie der Zephyr leise, 
Wenn es vorher gewittert, 
Ueber die Blumenbeete 
Mit irrem Fluge zittert, 

Umschweben meine Lieder 
Mit schwankem Flügelschlage 
Dich wieder, immer wieder 
An jedem neuen Tage.

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Confirmed with Günther Walling (Carl Ulrici), Von Lenz zu Herbst. Dichtungen, Zweite vielfach veränderte Auflage, Leipzig und Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, 1887, page 15.

Text Authorship:

by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici, no title, appears in Von Lenz zu Herbst: Dichtungen, in 1. Lieder, in Lieder aus Sevilla, no. 6 [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 Maximilian Heidrich (1864 - 1909), "Sommer", op. 8 no. 3, published 1890 [ satb quartet and piano duet ], from Fünf Lieder aus Sevilla, no. 3, Leipzig: Dörffel [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "So wie der Zephyr leise", op. 14 no. 4 (1890), published 1897 [ voice and piano ], from Ur en kärlekssaga. Sju sånger, no. 4, Stockholm: Hirsch [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "As the zephyr gently", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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As the zephyr gently

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

As the zephyr gently,
After an earlier thunderstorm,
Trembles over the flowerbed
In erratic flight,

My songs hover about you
With a graceful beating of wings,
Again and ever again
On every new day.

Translated title(s):
"Sommer" = "Summer"
"So wie der Zephyr leise" = "As the zephyr gently"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici, no title, appears in Von Lenz zu Herbst: Dichtungen, in 1. Lieder, in Lieder aus Sevilla, no. 6
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 34