O wie sanft die Quelle
German source:
Georg Friedrich Daumer
Durch die Wiese windet!
O wie schön, wenn Liebe sich,
Zu der Liebe findet!
Ah, how gently the stream
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
meanders through the meadow!
Ah, how sweet, when love
finds itself requited!
Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
O wie sanft die Quelle
German source:
Georg Friedrich Daumer
Ah, how gently the stream
English source:
Richard Stokes
O wie sanft die Quelle sich
Ah, how gently the stream
Durch die Wiese windet!
meanders through the meadow!
O wie schön, wenn Liebe sich,
Ah, how sweet, when love
Zu der Liebe findet!
finds itself requited!
Composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna. Brahms has been considered, by his…
Poet
Georg Friedrich Daumer
Georg Friedrich Daumer was a German poet and philosopher.