Text & Translation
Verzicht
German source:
Georg Friedrich Daumer
dich wagend in der Liebe Meer!
Denn tausend Nachen schwimmen
zertrümmert am Gestad umher!
Renounce
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
when you venture on the sea of love!
For a thousand barques drift
and founder on the shore around!
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Verzicht
German source:
Georg Friedrich Daumer
Renounce
English source:
Richard Stokes
Verzicht, o Herz, auf Rettung,
Renounce, o heart, all hope of rescue,
dich wagend in der Liebe Meer!
when you venture on the sea of love!
Denn tausend Nachen schwimmen
For a thousand barques drift
zertrümmert am Gestad umher!
and founder on the shore around!
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.