Songs

Bergeslust

by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel From Fünf Lieder Op. 10

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Bergeslust
German source: Joseph von Eichendorff

O Lust vom Berg zu schauen
Weit über Wald und Strom,
Hoch über sich den blauen,
Den klaren Himmelsdom.

Vom Berge Vögel fliegen,
Und Wolken so geschwind,
Gedanken überfliegen
Die Vögel und den Wind.

Die Wolken zieh’n hernieder,
Das Vöglein senkt sich gleich,
Gedanken geh’n und Lieder
Bis in das Himmelreich.
Fort bis ins Himmelreich.

Mountain rapture
English translation © Richard Stokes

Ah, the joy of gazing from the mountain
Far over wood and stream,
With the blue, pellucid vault of heaven
Arching overhead!

Little birds and clouds
Fly swiftly from the mountain,
Thoughts skim past
The birds and the wind.

The clouds drift down,
The little bird plummets,
Thoughts and songs go winging on
Till they reach the kingdom of heaven.
Till they reach the kingdom of heaven.

Bergeslust
German source: Joseph von Eichendorff

Mountain rapture
English source: Richard Stokes

O Lust vom Berg zu schauen
Ah, the joy of gazing from the mountain
Weit über Wald und Strom,
Far over wood and stream,
Hoch über sich den blauen,
With the blue, pellucid vault of heaven
Den klaren Himmelsdom.
Arching overhead!

Vom Berge Vögel fliegen,
Little birds and clouds
Und Wolken so geschwind,
Fly swiftly from the mountain,
Gedanken überfliegen
Thoughts skim past
Die Vögel und den Wind.
The birds and the wind.

Die Wolken zieh’n hernieder,
The clouds drift down,
Das Vöglein senkt sich gleich,
The little bird plummets,
Gedanken geh’n und Lieder
Thoughts and songs go winging on
Bis in das Himmelreich.
Till they reach the kingdom of heaven.
Fort bis ins Himmelreich.
Till they reach the kingdom of heaven.

Composer

Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel

Fanny Hensel, née Mendelssohn (1805-47), was an exceptionally gifted musician whose potential was stifled by the gendered social conventions of her upper-middle-class background in mid-19th-century Berlin. She came from a wealthy and cultivated…

Poet

Joseph von Eichendorff

Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff was a German poet, novelist, playwright, literary critic, translator, and anthologist. Eichendorff was one of the major writers and critics of Romanticism. Ever since their publication and up to the present day, some…

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