On the alm (Elgar, set by E. Elgar) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


   A mellow bell peals near,
      It has so sweet a sound;
I know a maiden dear
      With voice as full and round.

   A sunlight alm shines clear,
      With clover blossoms sweet;
There dwells my maiden dear
      And there my love I meet.

   There flying with no fear
      The swallows pass all day,
And fast, my maiden dear,
      Sees chamois haste away.

   I cannot linger here,
      I cannot wait below;
To seek my maiden dear,
      I, to the alm¹ must go.

   The mountain's call I hear,
      And up the height I bound;
I know my maiden dear
      Will mark my Juchhé² sound.

   Rejoicing come I here
      My flaxen-haired sweet-heart;
I love thee maiden dear,
      Nay! bid me not depart!

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¹ German: an alpine meadow or pasture
² "Juchhe" is an interjection of joy in German (English: hurrah or hooray). The accent over the 'e' is not present in German.

Input by Harold Ryan

Authorship

Caroline Alice Elgar, née Roberts (1848-1920)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

From the Bavarian Highlands

Date added to the website: 2009-07-05.

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