Love's Tempest (Edward Elgar)
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General Information
Title: Love's Tempest
Composer: Edward Elgar
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB (with divs)
Genre: Secular, Partsongs
Language: English
Instruments: none, a cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
- Silent lay the saphire ocean,
- Till a tempest came to wake
- All its roaring, seething billows,
- That upon earth's ramparts break.
- Quiet was my heart within me,
- Till your image, suddenly
- Rising there, awoke a tumult,
- Wilder than the storm at sea.
- Rosa H. J. Newmarch (1857-1940)
- inspired by a russian poem written by Appolon N. Majkov (1821-1897)
German translation
- Die saphirne See lag schweigend,
- bis ein Sturm mit wilder Hand
- Gischten türmte, die mit Brüllen
- bersten an der Klippen Wand.
- In mir schwieg mein Herze stille,
- bis dein Bild mit flammend Glut
- ein Verlangen drin entfachte,
- wilder als des Sturmes Wut.
- Poetic translation released under the CPDL license by Jan-Frerk Burmester. The translator would appreciate feedback if you use his translations - please email: jf.burmester(a)web.de
