Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Botschaft, Op. 47, No. 1
(composed and first published in 1868)
Text: after Georg Friedrich Daumer
Original Key/Recorded Key: D-flat Major*
Teach-Track begins: m. 1
Accompaniment Track begins: m. 1
Pianist: Daniel Michalak
* While we would prefer to list this key as B-flat Minor (the key in which the piece begins), most editions of Brahms?s songs (as well as Grove?s dictionary) list it as D-flat Major (the key to which the music eventually resolves). To avoid confusion, therefore, we have chosen to conform with convention in this case.
Botschaft
Message
Wehe, Lüftchen, lind und lieblich
Blow, little breeze, gentle and lovely
Um die Wange der Geliebten,
Around the cheeks of the beloved,
Spiele zart in ihrer Locke
Play tenderly in her tresses
Eile nicht hinwegzuflieh?n!
Do not hurry to fly away!
Tut sie dann vielleicht die Frage
Does she then maybe (ask) the question
Wie es um mich Armen stehe
How it about me poor one would go
Sprich: ?Unendlich war sein Wehe,
Say: ?Endless was his sorrow,
Höchst bedenklich seine Lage,
Most critical his situation,
Aber jetzo kann er hoffen,
But now can he hope,
Wieder herrlich aufzuleben,
Again in splendor to revive,
Denn du, Holde, denkst an ihn?.
For you, graceful one, think of him.?