by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900)
Sprich, hörst Du über der Haiden
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
[Sprich]1, hörst Du über der Haiden Der sausenden Renner Gestampf? Die Schwerter blinken und Scheiden, Der Feldstaub wirbelt wie Dampf. Du schmiegst Dich in zärtlichem Bangen Verzagend an meine Brust -- Ich halte Dich schützend umfangen, Du meiner Augen Lust!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Fliegende Blätter, 96. Band (1892), Nro. 2447, pages 220-221.
1 Sekles: "Horch", more changes may exist, not noted above.Authorship:
- by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900), no title, appears in Liebestraum, no. 4 [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 Bernhard Sekles (1872 - 1934), "Horch, hörst du über der Haiden", published 1895 [ baritone and piano ], from Ein Liebesroman. Cyklus von 6 Gedichten von E. Eckstein für Bariton mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Listen, do you hear upon the heath", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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