Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder
Language:
German
Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder,
Die ich dir, Geliebte, sang,
Singe sie dann abends wieder
Zu der Laute süßem Klang.
Wenn das Dämmrungsrot dann zieht
Nach dem stillen blauen See,
Und sein letzter Strahl verglühet
Hinter jener Bergeshöh;
Und du singst, was ich gesungen,
Was mir aus der vollen Brust
ohne Kunstgepräng erklungen,
Nur der Sehnsucht sich bewußt:
Dann vor diesen Liedern weichet
Was geschieden uns so weit,
Und ein liebend Herz erreichet
Was ein liebend Herz geweiht.
Translation(s):
ENG
FRE
ITA
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
(Lynn Thompson)
, "Take, then, these songs", copyright © 1997, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE
French
(Angelika Frenzel)
, "Accepte donc ces chansons", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA
Italian
(Amelia Maria Imbarrato)
, "Prendile dunque, queste canzoni", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Take, then, these songs
Language:
English
Take, then, these songs,
That I to you, beloved, sang,
Sing them again in the evenings
To the sweet sounds of the lute!
When the red twilight then moves
toward the calm, blue lake,
And the last ray dies
behind that hilltop;
And you sing, what I have sung,
What I, from my full heart,
Artlessly have sounded,
Only aware of its longings.
For before these songs yields,
What separates us so far,
And a loving heart reaches
For what a loving heart has consecrated.
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Authorship
Translation from German to English copyright © 1997 by Lynn Thompson, l-thompson (AT) wiu.edu, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder(s) when requesting permission to reprint and be sure to give proper credit.
Based on
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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