Geesten elkaar nabij | Wat waait mij om de slapen?

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by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Was weht um meine Schläfe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Was weht um meine Schläfe 
Wie laue Frühlingsluft, 
Was spielt um meine Wangen
Wie süßer Rosenduft?
 
Es ist dein holder Gedanke, 
Der tröstend mich umspielt,
Es ist dein stilles Sehnen, 
Was meine Schläfe kühlt!

Und was wie Harfenklänge
Um meine Sinne schwirrt,
Mein Name ist's, der leise 
Von deinen Lippen irrt.

Ich fühle deine Nähe! 
Es ist dein Wunsch, dein Geist,
Der mich aus weiter Ferne 
An deinen Busen reißt.

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Text Authorship:

by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm, no title, appears in Hochzeitlieder, no. 8 [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 Hans Bill (1863 - 1936), "Geisternähe", op. 7 (Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 9, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Landshut, Krüll [sung text not yet checked]
by Anton Eberhardt (1855 - 1922), "Geisternähe", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 6, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Geisternähe", op. 77 (Lieder und Gesänge für Singstimme und Klavier (Heft 3)) no. 3 (1850), published 1851 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Proximitat de l’esperit", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Geesten elkaar nabij", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Spirits around", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Esprit proche", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 70

Geesten elkaar nabij

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Wat waait mij om de slapen? 
Is 't lente die ik speur?
Wat speelt mij om de wangen 
als zoete rozengeur?

Het is jouw vriend'lijke denken, 
dat troostend mij omspoelt,
Het is jouw stil verlangen, 
dat mij de slapen koelt!
 
En wat als harpenklanken mij 
om het hoofd heen dwaalt,
Het is mijn naam die zachtjes 
jou van de lippen daalt.

Ik voel hoe jij nabij bent, 
jouw geest die mij verrukt,
Die mij vanuit de verte zacht 
aan je boezem drukt.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm, no title, appears in Hochzeitlieder, no. 8
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 82