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In die braunen, rauschenden Nächte Flittert ein Licht herein, Grüngolden ein Schein. Blumen blinken auf und Gräser Und die singenden, springenden Waldwässerlein, Und Erinnerungen. Die längst verklungenen: Golden erwachen sie wieder, All deine fröhlichen Lieder. Und ich sehe deine goldenen Haare glänzen, Und ich sehe deine goldenen Augen glänzen Aus den grünen, raunenden Nächten. Und mir ist, ich läge neben dir auf dem Rasen Und hörte dich wieder auf der glitzeblanken Syrinx In die blauen Himmelslüfte blasen. In die braunen, wühlenden Nächte Flittert ein Licht, Ein goldener Schein.
Authorship:
- by Johannes Schlaf (1862 - 1941) [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Waldsonne", op. 2 (4 Lieder) no. 4 (1899) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Sun in the forest", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Soleil dans la forêt", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Skogssol", copyright © 2012, (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: 18
Word count: 88
I de brune, brusende netter skimrer et lys herinn, et grønngyllent skinn. Blomster skinner og gresset og de syngende, springende skogsbekkene, og minner. De som for lengst har klunget ut: Gyllent våkner de atter, alle dine glade sanger. Og jeg ser ditt gylne hår skinne, og jeg ser dine gylne øyne glitre; gjennom de grønne, hviskende netter. Og det er som lå jeg ved siden av deg på plenen og hørte deg atter spille på den glinsende blanke syrin opp i den blå himmels luft. I de brune, dyptborende netter skinner et lys, et gyllent skinn.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Norwegian (Bokmål) copyright © 2012 by Marianne Beate Kielland, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johannes Schlaf (1862 - 1941)
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-20
Line count: 18
Word count: 96