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Wie die Wolke nach der Sonne Voll Verlangen irrt und bangt, Und durchglüht vom Himmelswonne Sterbend ihr am Busen hangt; Wie die Sonnenblume richtet [Nach der]1 Sonn' ihr Angesicht Und nicht eh'r auf sie verzichtet Bis ihr eig'nes Auge bricht; Wie der Aar auf Wolkenpfade Sehnend steigt in's Himmelszelt Und berauscht vom Sonnenbade Blind zur Erde niederfällt: So auch muß ich schmachten, bangen, Späh'n und trachten, dich zu seh'n, Will an deinen Blicken hangen Und an ihrem Glanz vergeh'n.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Buch der Liebe von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, 1836, page 54.
1 Brahms: "Auf die"Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, first published 1836 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Wie die Wolke nach der Sonne", op. 6 (Sechs Gesänge für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 5 (1853), published 1854 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Com el núvol que per el sol", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Als een wolk die rustloos zwervend", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Comme le nuage pour le soleil", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Come la nuvola verso il sole", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 79
As the cloud for the sun yearns, and wanders anxiously, And, warmed through wih heavenly bliss, Hangs on its breast as it dies: As the sunflower turns To the sun its gaze And does not refrain Until its own eye breaks: As the eagle on its path of clouds Yearningly ascends in heaven's tent, And is intoxicated by the bath of sunlight, And falls blindly to the earth: So also must I, too, pine anxiously, Peering and trying to see you, To hang on your gaze And from its brilliance, perish.
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Translation of title "Wie die Wolke nach der Sonne" = "As the cloud for the sun"Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, first published 1836
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 91