Brahms text issues: German to English
Thread poster: Sonya Gerisch
Sonya Gerisch
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Mar 12, 2008

Hello,
I am a German to English translator, but I normally deal with legal and technical text. I also sing in a choir that is performing Ein Deutsches Requiem by Brahms. The conductor has asked me about a couple of issues with the text, but it involves old German text as it was composed in 1861, so I am hoping a literary translator may be able to help. The issues are:

1) Movement II: the phrase "Siehe, ein Ackermann wartet auf die koestliche Frucht der Erde und ist geduldig d
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Hello,
I am a German to English translator, but I normally deal with legal and technical text. I also sing in a choir that is performing Ein Deutsches Requiem by Brahms. The conductor has asked me about a couple of issues with the text, but it involves old German text as it was composed in 1861, so I am hoping a literary translator may be able to help. The issues are:

1) Movement II: the phrase "Siehe, ein Ackermann wartet auf die koestliche Frucht der Erde und ist geduldig darueber, bis er empfahe den Morgenregen und Abendregen." The particular word in question is "empfahe." I am guessing this is some old form of "empfangen"? From what I have found it might have something to do with Luther's translation of the bible.

2) Movement VI: "Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt" The word in question is "hie." I can only find it with "hie und da" in my dictionaries, but I guess the meaning of "hier" still applies. Would it still be pronounced as written (Hie)?

I would appreciate any light someone could shed on this issue.
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Heinrich Pesch
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Bible texts Mar 12, 2008

Here is the source:
http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Ein_deutsches_Requiem
Empfahe = empfange
hie = hier pronounced hee

Regards
Heinrich


 
Jim Tucker (X)
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nothing to add Mar 12, 2008

...to what Heinrich said, except to mention that "fahen" (fieh, gefahen) also existed by itself, and is the root of its surviving relative "fähig."

[Edited at 2008-03-12 16:29]


 
Gerard de Noord
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Translation over here Mar 12, 2008

Also check out:

http://music.loyno.edu/montage/montage02-03/02-03pdfs/brahmsrequiem11.25.02.pdf

Regards,
Gerard


 
Erik Freitag
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Pronounciation Mar 12, 2008

Heinrich Pesch wrote:

hie = hier pronounced hee



Are you sure about the pronounciation? I think it would rather have too syllables (ok, one and a half) and sound something like ˈhiə (sorry, I'm not too familiar with the phonetic alphabet). But then again, I'm not sure either. I remember singing and hearing it this way in baroque choir music.



[Bearbeitet am 2008-03-12 20:05]


 
Sonya Gerisch
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Thank you for the responses Mar 13, 2008

Thank you to everyone who responded. I had already consulted the Wikipedia reference, but the comments and other input were very helpful.

 


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