Vom Gebirge Well' auf Well'
German source:
Georg Friedrich Daumer
kommen Regengüsse,
und ich gäbe dir so gern
hunderttausend Küsse.
From the mountain, wave on wave
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
the torrential rain teems down,
and I would dearly love to give you
one hundred thousand kisses.
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Vom Gebirge Well' auf Well'
German source:
Georg Friedrich Daumer
From the mountain, wave on wave
English source:
Richard Stokes
Vom Gebirge Well auf Well
From the mountain, wave on wave,
kommen Regengüsse,
the torrential rain teems down,
und ich gäbe dir so gern
and I would dearly love to give you
hunderttausend Küsse.
one hundred thousand kisses.
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.