Pagenlied
German source:
Joseph von Eichendorff
Wie in Welschland lau und blau,
Ging’ ich mit der Mandoline
Durch die überglänzte Au’.
In der Nacht das Liebchen lauschte
An dem Fenster süß verwacht,
Wünschte mir und ihr, uns beiden,
Heimlich eine schöne Nacht.
Wenn die Sonne lieblich schiene
Wie in Welschland lau und blau,
Ging’ ich mit der Mandoline
Durch die überglänzte Au’.
Page's Song
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
As in Italy, from warm, blue skies,
I would go with my mandoline
Through the sun-drenched meadow.
In the night my love would listen
From her window, sweetly awake,
And she would wish both of us,
In secret, a lovely night.
If the sun were to shine gently
As in Italy, from warm, blue skies,
I would go with my mandoline
Through the sun-drenched meadow.
Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Pagenlied
German source:
Joseph von Eichendorff
Page's Song
English source:
Richard Stokes
Wenn die Sonne lieblich schiene
If the sun were to shine gently
Wie in Welschland lau und blau,
As in Italy, from warm, blue skies,
Ging’ ich mit der Mandoline
I would go with my mandoline
Durch die überglänzte Au’.
Through the sun-drenched meadow.
In der Nacht das Liebchen lauschte
In the night my love would listen
An dem Fenster süß verwacht,
From her window, sweetly awake,
Wünschte mir und ihr, uns beiden,
And she would wish both of us,
Heimlich eine schöne Nacht.
In secret, a lovely night.
Wenn die Sonne lieblich schiene
If the sun were to shine gently
Wie in Welschland lau und blau,
As in Italy, from warm, blue skies,
Ging’ ich mit der Mandoline
I would go with my mandoline
Durch die überglänzte Au’.
Through the sun-drenched meadow.
Composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847), brother of Fanny Mendelssohn and grandson of Haskalah and Enlightenment philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early…
Poet
Joseph von Eichendorff
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff was a German poet, novelist, playwright, literary critic, translator, and anthologist. Eichendorff was one of the major writers and critics of Romanticism. Ever since their publication and up to the present day, some…