Erinnerung
German source:
Johann Georg Jacobi
Wo geblieben, schöner Tag,
Wo mit unbesorgtem Lieben
Ihre Hand auf meinem Herzen lag?
O, sie fühlte jeden Schlag,
Und in jedem lauter Lieben!
Wo geblieben
Glück der Engel, schöner Tag?
Remembrance
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Where are you, lovely day,
When carefree and in love
She pressed her hand to my heart?
She felt every beat
And in every beat the purest love!
Angelic happiness, where are you now?
Where are you, lovely day!
Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Erinnerung
German source:
Johann Georg Jacobi
Remembrance
English source:
Richard Stokes
Glück der Engel! wo geblieben?
Angelic happiness, where are you now?
Wo geblieben, schöner Tag,
Where are you, lovely day,
Wo mit unbesorgtem Lieben
When carefree and in love
Ihre Hand auf meinem Herzen lag?
She pressed her hand to my heart?
O, sie fühlte jeden Schlag,
She felt every beat
Und in jedem lauter Lieben!
And in every beat the purest love!
Wo geblieben
Angelic happiness, where are you now?
Glück der Engel, schöner Tag?
Where are you, lovely day!
Composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured…
Poet
Johann Georg Jacobi
Johann Georg Jacobi was a German poet. The elder brother of the philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Johann Georg was born at Pempelfort near Düsseldorf. He studied theology at Göttingen and jurisprudence at Helmstedt, and was appointed, in 1766,…