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Wie Melodien zieht es mir
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You are purchasing high quality sheet music PDF files suitable for printing or viewing on digital devices.Wie Melodien. Composer, Johannes Brahms . Poet, Klaus Groth.
Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) A German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. He was born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family. Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna.
Klaus Groth (24 April 1819 – 1 June 1899). The poet Klause Groth was born in Heide, in Ditmarschen, the western part of the Duchy of Holstein. He was the oldest son of Hartwig Groth, a miller, and his wife Anna Christina Wie Melodien.
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Wie Melodien.
Wie Melodien zieht es
Mir leise durch den Sinn,
Wie Frühlingsblumen blüht es
Und schwebt wie Duft dahin.
Doch kommt das Wort und faßt es
Und führt es vor das Aug’,
Wie Nebelgrau erblaßt es
Und schwindet wie ein Hauch.
Und dennoch ruht im Reime
Verborgen wohl ein Duft,
Den mild aus stillem Keime
Ein feuchtes Auge ruft.
English translation.
Like melodies.
It pulls like melodies
quietly in my mind,
It blooms like spring flowers
And floats away like a scent.
But the word comes and takes hold
And brings it before your eyes,
It pales like misty grey
And disappears like a breath.
And yet rests in the rhyme
A hidden scent,
A wet eye calls
From the small seed from a silent germ
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) pronunciation of the poem.
vˈiː meːlˈoːdɪən
vˈiː meːlˈoːdɪən t͡sˈiːt ˈɛs
mˈiːɾ lˈa͡ɪzə dˈ??ç dˈeːn zˈɪn,
vˈiː frˈyːlɪŋsblˌʊmən blˈyːt ˈɛs
ˈʊnt ʃvˈeːpt vˈiː dˈʊft dɑːhˈɪn.
dˈɔx kˈɔmt dˈas vˈɔɾt ˈʊnt fˈast ˈɛs
ˈʊnt fˈyːɾt ˈɛs fˈɔɾ dˈas ˈa͡ʊk’,
vˈiː nˈeːbəlɡɾˌa͡ʊ ɛɾblˈast ˈɛs
ˈʊnt ʃvˈɪndət vˈiː ˈa͡ɪn hˈa͡ʊx.
ˈʊnt dˈɛnɔx rˈuːt ˈɪm rˈa͡ɪmə
fɛɾbˈɔɾɡən vˈoːl ˈa͡ɪn dˈʊft,
dˈeːn mˈɪlt ˈa͡ʊs ʃtˈɪləm kˈa͡ɪmə
ˈa͡ɪn fˈɔ͡øçtəs ˈa͡ʊɡə