Feuer und Wasser (David Solomons)
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CPDL #11752:
- Editor: Dwsolo (added 2006-07-03). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 135 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Poem copyright ©1972 Otto Wanke
Music and translation Copyright ©1973 David W Solomons
General Information
Title: Feuer und Wasser
Composer: David Solomons
Number of voices: 1vv Voicing: Alto and classical guitar
Genre: Secular, Folksong
Language: German
Instruments: Classical guitar
Published: 2006
Description: English version also available on the score
External websites: Performance by the composer
http://www.toptempo.com/song/song_0000361.html
Original text and translations
German text
Ich muss mich damit abfinden
dass Feuer und Wasser nicht zusammen passen
Das Feuer, das mit heller Flamme leuchtet,
das seine Umgebung anzünden möchte,
das knistert.
Das Wasser, das gemächlich vor sich hinfliesst,
das sich nur langsam erwärmen lässt,
das sucht.
Ich muss mich damit abfinden,
dass Feuer und Wasser nicht zusammen passen.
©1972 Otto Wanke
English translation
(singing translation)
I must settle my mind on this
that fire and water do not go together
Hot fire whose great flames flare up so brightly
which wants to set light to all things around it
spits fiercely
Cool water smoothly flows ahead so slowly
and takes so long to warm up
and seeps in search in search
I must settle my mind on this
that fire and water do not go together.
©1973 (translation) D W Solomons
