Gefrorne Tropfen fallen

Gefrorne Tropfen fallen
Von meinen Wangen ab:
[Und ist's]1 mir denn entgangen, 
Daß ich geweinet hab'?

Ei Thränen, meine Thränen, 
Und seid ihr gar so lau,
Daß ihr erstarrt zu Eise,
Wie kühler Morgenthau?

[Und]2 dringt doch aus der Quelle 
Der Brust so glühend heiß,
Als wolltet ihr zerschmelzen 
Des ganzen Winters Eis.

Translation(s): CAT DUT DUT ENG ENG ENG FIN FRE FRI HEB HEB IRI ITA KOR SPA

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Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Zweites Bändchen. Deßau 1824. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, page 80; and with Urania. Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1823. Neue Folge, fünfter Jahrgang. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1823, page 212.

First published in Urania (see above) as no. 3 of Wanderlieder von Wilhelm Müller. Die Winterreise. In 12 Liedern.

Authorship

• by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Gefrorene Thränen", written 1821-22, appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Die Winterreise, no. 3, first published 1823 [ author's text checked 2 times]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Reiner Bredemeyer (1929 - 1995), "Gefrorene Tränen", 1984, first performed 1985 [baritone, horn, and piano], from Die Winterreise, no. 3, VEB Deutscher Verlag [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Gefrorne Tränen", op. 89 no. 3, D. 911 no. 3 (1827), published 1828 [voice and piano], from Winterreise, no. 3, Haslinger [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Johannes (Hans) Wolfgang Zender (b. 1936), "Gefrorene Tränen", 1993 [tenor and small orchestra], from Schuberts Winterreise, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Llàgrimes gelades", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jelle Leistra) , "Bevroren tranen", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Bevroren tranen", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Arthur Rishi) , "Frozen tears", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Frozen tears", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English [singable] (David Paley) , "Frozen tears", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Jäätyneet kyyneleet", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Larmes gelées", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRI Frisian [singable] (Pieter Wiersma) , "Beferzen Triennen", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Ehud Shapiro) , "דמעות קפואות", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "דמעות קפואות", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Lacrime di ghiaccio", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "얼어버린 눈물", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Frozen tears

Frozen tear drops 
fall from my cheeks:
Can it be that, without knowing it, 
I have been weeping?

O tears, my tears, 
are you so lukewarm,
That you turn to ice 
like cold morning dew? 

Yet you spring from a source, 
my breast, so burning hot,
As if you wanted to melt
 all of the ice of winter!

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Gefrorene Thränen", written 1821-22, appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Die Winterreise, no. 3, first published 1823 CAT DUT DUT FIN FRE FRI HEB HEB IRI ITA KOR SPA
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Reiner Bredemeyer, Franz Peter Schubert, Johannes Wolfgang Zender. Go to the text.

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.