This song was recorded live at the Oxford Lieder Festival as part of Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs on Stone Records.
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Verschwiegene Liebe
German source:
Joseph von Eichendorff
In den Glanz hinein -
Wer mag sie erraten,
Wer holte sie ein?
Gedanken sich wiegen,
Die Nacht ist verschwiegen,
Gedanken sind frei.
Errät es nur eine,
Wer an sie gedacht
Beim Rauschen der Haine,
Wenn niemand mehr wacht
Als die Wolken, die fliegen -
Mein Lieb ist verschwiegen
Und schön wie die Nacht.
Silent love
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
Into the gleaming light –
Who may guess them,
Who catch them up?
Thoughts go floating,
The night is silent,
Thoughts are free.
If only she could guess
Who has thought of her
In the rustling groves,
When no one else is awake
But the scudding clouds –
My love is silent
And lovely as night.
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Verschwiegene Liebe
German source:
Joseph von Eichendorff
Silent love
English source:
Richard Stokes
Über Wipfel und Saaten
Over treetops and cornfields
In den Glanz hinein -
Into the gleaming light –
Wer mag sie erraten,
Who may guess them,
Wer holte sie ein?
Who catch them up?
Gedanken sich wiegen,
Thoughts go floating,
Die Nacht ist verschwiegen,
The night is silent,
Gedanken sind frei.
Thoughts are free.
Errät es nur eine,
If only she could guess
Wer an sie gedacht
Who has thought of her
Beim Rauschen der Haine,
In the rustling groves,
Wenn niemand mehr wacht
When no one else is awake
Als die Wolken, die fliegen -
But the scudding clouds –
Mein Lieb ist verschwiegen
My love is silent
Und schön wie die Nacht.
And lovely as night.
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
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…