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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Das ist ein Brausen und Heulen
German source:
Heinrich Heine
Herbstnacht und Regen und Wind;
Wo mag wohl jetzt weilen
Mein armes, banges Kind?
Ich seh’ sie am Fenster lehnen
Im einsamen Kämmerlein;
Das Auge gefüllt mit Tränen,
Starrt sie in die Nacht hinein.
How the weather roars and howls
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Autumn night and rain and wind;
Where can she now be,
My poor, frightened child?
I see her leaning by the window
In her lonely little room;
With her eyes filled with tears,
She stares out into the night.
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Das ist ein Brausen und Heulen
German source:
Heinrich Heine
How the weather roars and howls
English source:
Richard Stokes
Das ist ein Brausen und Heulen,
How the weather roars and howls:
Herbstnacht und Regen und Wind;
Autumn night and rain and wind;
Wo mag wohl jetzt weilen
Where can she now be,
Mein armes, banges Kind?
My poor, frightened child?
Ich seh’ sie am Fenster lehnen
I see her leaning by the window
Im einsamen Kämmerlein;
In her lonely little room;
Das Auge gefüllt mit Tränen,
With her eyes filled with tears,
Starrt sie in die Nacht hinein.
She stares out into the night.
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…