Wie Melodien zieht es mir
Language:
German
Wie Melodien zieht es
Mir leise durch den Sinn,
Wie Frühlingsblumen blüht es,
Und schwebt wie Duft dahin.
Doch kommt das Wort und faßt es
Und führt es vor das Aug',
Wie Nebelgrau erblaßt es
Und schwindet wie ein Hauch.
Und dennoch ruht im Reime
Verborgen wohl ein Duft,
Den mild aus stillem Keime
Ein feuchtes Auge ruft.
Translation(s):
ENG
ITA
ENG
FRE
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
 ENG
English
(Emily Ezust)
, "It moves like a melody", copyright ©
ITA
Italian
(Ferdinando Albeggiani)
, "Come una melodia", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG
English
[singable]
(Shula Keller)
, "Just like a melody", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE
French
(Guy Laffaille)
, "Comme des mélodies", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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It moves like a melody
Language:
English
It moves like a melody,
Gently through my mind;
It blossoms like spring flowers
And wafts away like fragrance.
But when it is captured in words,
And placed before my eyes,
It turns pale like a gray mist
And disappears like a breath.
And yet, remaining in my rhymes
There hides still a fragrance,
Which mildly from the quiet bud
My moist eyes call forth.
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Authorship
Translation from German to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, 
Based on
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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