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Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen
German source:
Heinrich Heine
Mach’ ich die kleinen Lieder;
Die heben ihr klingend Gefieder
Und flattern nach ihrem Herzen.
Sie fanden den Weg zur Trauten,
Doch kommen sie wieder und klagen,
Und klagen, und wollen nicht sagen,
Was sie im Herzen schauten.
Out of my great sorrows
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
I make little songs;
They raise their resonant wings
And flutter to her heart.
They found their way to my dear one,
But they come back and lament,
Lament, and will not tell me
What they saw in her heart.
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen
German source:
Heinrich Heine
Out of my great sorrows
English source:
Richard Stokes
Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen
Out of my great sorrows
Mach’ ich die kleinen Lieder;
I make little songs;
Die heben ihr klingend Gefieder
They raise their resonant wings
Und flattern nach ihrem Herzen.
And flutter to her heart.
Sie fanden den Weg zur Trauten,
They found their way to my dear one,
Doch kommen sie wieder und klagen,
But they come back and lament,
Und klagen, und wollen nicht sagen,
Lament, and will not tell me
Was sie im Herzen schauten.
What they saw in her heart.
Composer
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Filipp Jakob Wolf was born on 13 March 1860, the fourth of six surviving children, in Windischgraz, Styria, then part of the Austrian Empire. He was taught the piano and violin by his father at an early age and continued to study piano at the…
Poet
Heinrich Heine
Heine was born of Jewish parents. Much of his early life was influenced by the financial power of his uncle Salomon Heine, a millionaire Hamburg banker, with whom he remained on an awkward footing for many years. After he had been educated in the…