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by Hildegard Jone (1891 - 1963)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Wie bin ich froh!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wie bin ich froh!
noch einmal wird mir alles grün und leuchtet so!
noch überblühn die Blumen mir die Welt!
noch einmal bin ich ganz ins Werden hingestellt
und bin auf Erden.

Text Authorship:

by Hildegard Jone (1891 - 1963) [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 Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Wie bin ich froh!", op. 25 (3 Lieder nach Gedichten von Hildegard Jone) no. 1 (1934)
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "How happy I am!", copyright ©

Researcher for this page: Hubert Schmid

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 32

How happy I am!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

How happy I am!
Once again everything is green before me, gleaming so!
once again the flowers of the world are blossoming for me!
once again I have found myself entirely surrounded by Becoming,
for I am on the earth.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hildegard Jone (1891 - 1963)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 40