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Jägerlied
German source:
Eduard Mörike
Wenn er wandelt auf des Berges Höh:
Zierlicher schreibt Liebchens liebe Hand,
Schreibt ein Brieflein mir in ferne Land’.
In die Lüfte hoch ein Reiher steigt,
Dahin weder Pfeil noch Kugel fleugt:
Tausendmal so hoch und so geschwind
Die Gedanken treuer Liebe sind.
Huntsman's song
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
On the mountain heights:
Daintier still is my sweetheart’s hand,
When she writes to me in far-off lands.
A heron soars high into the air,
Beyond the reach of shot or shaft:
The thoughts of faithful love
Are a thousand times as swift and high.
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Jägerlied
German source:
Eduard Mörike
Huntsman's song
English source:
Richard Stokes
Zierlich ist des Vogels Tritt im Schnee,
A bird steps daintily in the snow
Wenn er wandelt auf des Berges Höh:
On the mountain heights:
Zierlicher schreibt Liebchens liebe Hand,
Daintier still is my sweetheart’s hand,
Schreibt ein Brieflein mir in ferne Land’.
When she writes to me in far-off lands.
In die Lüfte hoch ein Reiher steigt,
A heron soars high into the air,
Dahin weder Pfeil noch Kugel fleugt:
Beyond the reach of shot or shaft:
Tausendmal so hoch und so geschwind
The thoughts of faithful love
Die Gedanken treuer Liebe sind.
Are a thousand times as swift and high.
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
Eduard Mörike
Eduard Friedrich Mörike was a German Romantic poet. Mörike was born in Ludwigsburg. His father was Karl Friedrich Mörike (d. 1817), a district medical councilor; his mother was Charlotte Bayer. He attended the Latin school at Ludwigsburg, and the…
Performances
Previously performed at:
- 38. The Physician Poet - Schumann's Kerner Lieder 14 Oct 2021
- Brahms & Wolf: Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake 24 Oct 2017