Einerlei
German source:
Ludwig Achim von Arnim
Sein Kuß mir immer neu,
Ihr Auge noch dasselbe,
Sein freier Blick mir treu;
O du liebes Einerlei,
Wie wird aus dir so mancherlei!
Sameness
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Its kiss is ever new,
Her eyes remain the same,
Their frank gaze true to me;
O you dear sameness,
The diversity that comes of you!
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Einerlei
German source:
Ludwig Achim von Arnim
Sameness
English source:
Richard Stokes
Ihr Mund ist stets derselbe,
Her mouth is always the same,
Sein Kuß mir immer neu,
Its kiss is ever new,
Ihr Auge noch dasselbe,
Her eyes remain the same,
Sein freier Blick mir treu;
Their frank gaze true to me;
O du liebes Einerlei,
O you dear sameness,
Wie wird aus dir so mancherlei!
The diversity that comes of you!
Composer
Richard Strauss
Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is particularly well-known for his operas, Lieder, and tone poems. Read more here.
Poet
Ludwig Achim von Arnim
Carl Joachim Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (26 January 1781 – 21 January 1831), better known as Achim von Arnim, was a German poet, novelist, and together with Clemens Brentano and Jospeh von Eichendorff, a leading figure of German Romanticism. Taken…