Text and translation for Track 14
“Draußen in Sievering blüht schon der Flieder”
sung by Angelika Kirchschlager
From Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler (The Dancer Fanny Elssler) by Strauß.
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Es dämmert schon, der Tag ist aus,
heut' nacht in Wien?" Draußen in Sievering... etc. |
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Already it is growing dusky, the day has gone, no girl likes to stay at home then. She puts on her dotty dress and is ready for her darling. He asks gallantly: "Where do you want to go? What's up in Vienna tonight?" She smiles and quietly says: "You know very well what I want." Out there in Sievering the lilac is blooming already. Do you notice ? Do you feel it ? Did you see? A night in spring like this will not return in the near future! I feel that tonight something must happen ! Out there in Sievering the lilac is blooming already- alluring like a gentle imploration, it's fragrant in the moonlight, moves into our hearts.- Do you notice ? Do you feel it ? Did you see? A little house that we discovered, where a green wreath is stuck on the door. Free from any hurry and fuss of the time the innkeeper pours out bliss there. A garden fence at the world's end that keeps enclosed all the happiness. That you long to be there twosome, is not only due to the wine. Out there in Sievering... etc. |