Songs
Dereinst, dereinst, Gedanke mein
by Hugo Wolf From Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder (1890)
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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Dereinst, dereinst, Gedanke mein
German source:
Emanuel Geibel
Gedanke mein
Wirst ruhig sein.
Läßt Liebesglut
Dich still nicht werden,
In kühler Erden
Da schläfst du gut;
Dort ohne Liebe
und ohne Pein
Wirst ruhig sein.
Was du im Leben
Nicht hast gefunden,
Wenn es entschwunden
Wird dir's gegeben,
Dann ohne Wunden
Und ohne Pein
Wirst ruhig sein.
One Day, My Thoughts
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
My thoughts,
You shall be at rest.
Though love's ardour
Gives you no peace,
You shall sleep well
In cool earth;
There without love
And without pain
You shall be at rest.
What you did not
Find in life
Will be granted to you
When life is ended.
Then, free from torment
And free from pain,
You shall be at rest.
Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Dereinst, dereinst, Gedanke mein
German source:
Emanuel Geibel
One Day, My Thoughts
English source:
Richard Stokes
Dereinst, dereinst,
One day, one day
Gedanke mein
My thoughts,
Wirst ruhig sein.
You shall be at rest.
Läßt Liebesglut
Though love's ardour
Dich still nicht werden,
Gives you no peace,
In kühler Erden
You shall sleep well
Da schläfst du gut;
In cool earth;
Dort ohne Liebe
There without love
und ohne Pein
And without pain
Wirst ruhig sein.
You shall be at rest.
Was du im Leben
What you did not
Nicht hast gefunden,
Find in life
Wenn es entschwunden
Will be granted to you
Wird dir's gegeben,
When life is ended.
Dann ohne Wunden
Then, free from torment
Und ohne Pein
And free from pain,
Wirst ruhig sein.
You shall be at rest.
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
Emanuel Geibel
Emanuel von Geibel , German poet and playwright. He was born at Lübeck, the son of a pastor. He was originally intended for his father's profession and studied at Bonn and Berlin, but his real interests lay not in theology but in classical and…