This song was recorded live at the Oxford Lieder Festival as part of Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs on Stone Records.
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An die Geliebte
German source:
Stoll, Josef
In seinem liebevollen Schein
Die Träne von der Wange sauge,
Eh’ sie die Erde trinket ein!
Wohl hält sie zögernd auf der Wange
Und will sich heiss der Treue wein.
Nun ich sie so im Kuss empfange,
Nun sind auch deine Schmerzen mein!
To the beloved
English translation ©
Richard Wigmore
in their loving radiance,
I might drink the tears from your cheek
before the earth absorbs them!
They remain hesitantly on your cheek,
which they dedicate warmly to constancy.
Now, as I receive them in my kiss,
your sorrows, too, are mine.
An die Geliebte
German source:
Stoll, Josef
To the beloved
English source:
Richard Wigmore
O dass ich dir vom stillen Auge
Oh that from your silent eyes,
In seinem liebevollen Schein
in their loving radiance,
Die Träne von der Wange sauge,
I might drink the tears from your cheek
Eh’ sie die Erde trinket ein!
before the earth absorbs them!
Wohl hält sie zögernd auf der Wange
They remain hesitantly on your cheek,
Und will sich heiss der Treue wein.
which they dedicate warmly to constancy.
Nun ich sie so im Kuss empfange,
Now, as I receive them in my kiss,
Nun sind auch deine Schmerzen mein!
your sorrows, too, are mine.
Composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an late Classical and early Romantic composer. He produced a vast oeuvre during his short life, composing more the 600 vocal works (largely Lieder), and well as several symphonies, operas, and a large body of piano music. He…
