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O wie sanft die Quelle

by Johannes Brahms From Liebeslieder-Walzer (1869) Op. 52

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O wie sanft die Quelle
German source: Georg Friedrich Daumer

O wie sanft die Quelle sich
Durch die Wiese windet!
O wie schön, wenn Liebe sich,
Zu der Liebe findet!

Ah, how gently the stream
English translation © Richard Stokes

Ah, how gently the stream
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.

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