by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm
Was du suchst, es steht zu ferne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Was du suchst, es steht zu ferne, Was du hoffst, es darf nicht sein; Trotzig Kind, sieh endlich ein: Unerreichbar sind die Sterne! Armes Herz, schlaf' ein, schlaf' ein! Wer vertraut, der ist betrogen, Und wer glaubt, glaubt leerem Schein; Was geschieht, [das]1 muß so seyn; Ruhig denn, empörte Wogen, Armes Herz, schlaf' ein, schlaf' ein!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Dramatische Werke von Friedrich Halm (Eligius Freiherrn von Münch-Bellinghausen), Fünfter Band, Wien: Druck und Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1856, page 67 (first strophe) and page 68 (second strophe).
1 Leschetizky: "es"
Authorship:
- by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm, no title, Act 2, Scene 5 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Theodor Leschetizky (1830 - 1915), "Was du suchst, es steht zu ferne", op. 30 (Drei Lieder von F. Halm für eine tiefe Stimme) no. 2, published 1884 [ low voice and piano ], Wien: bey Gustav Levy [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "What you seek, it is too far from you", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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