The chimes | The chimes of our imagination

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by Thelyma Nelly Helene Branco (1818 - 1894), as Dilia Helena

Translation © by John H. Campbell, W. Kommer

Das Glockenspiel (Vorspiel)

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Das Glockenspiel der Fantasie
Hat Zauber, hat die Harmonie.
Es singt der Seele ihr Geleit
Umschmeichelnd von Unsterblichkeit.
Indes verstand die rohe Welt
In schwerem Lauf der Schläge fällt.
Sie band den Menschen an das Gold
Und spricht nur von Vergänglichkeit.
Das Glockenspiel der Fantasie
Hat Zauber, hat die Harmonie
Es singt der Seele ihr Geleit
Umschmeichelnd von Unsterblichkeit.

Text Authorship:

by Thelyma Nelly Helene Branco (1818 - 1894), as Dilia Helena [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 Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Das Glockenspiel (Vorspiel)", op. 89 no. 1 (1842), from Waldblumen: Eine Liedergabe von Dilia Helena. Erster Strauß, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (John H. Campbell) (W. Kommer) , "The chimes", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: John H. Campbell , W. Kommer

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

The chimes

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 The chimes of our imagination
 Has its magic, has harmony.
 It sings its accompaniment to our soul
 And tells us about immortality.
 In the meantime the crude world
 falls in mid-run, in one heavy stroke.
 The world bound man to the gold
 And speaks only from transience.
 The chimes of our imagination
 Has its magic, has harmony.
 It sings its accompaniment to our soul
 And tells us about immortality.

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Thelyma Nelly Helene Branco (1818 - 1894), as Dilia Helena
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 70