Forsaken | Night lies upon the forests

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by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Malybrok-Stieler

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Verlassen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Die Nacht liegt über den Wäldern,
   Der Mond küßt die Rosen im See;
Das ist die Stunde der Sehnsucht;
   Den Busen durchzittert ein Weh.

Ich schau in die Nacht, und vom Auge
   Die brennende Thräne mir fällt;
Wie bin ich doch nun so verlassen,
   Als lebt' ich allein auf der Welt.

Die Nacht liegt über den Wäldern,
   Den Busen durchzittert das Weh;
Mein Lieb, ach fort ist's gegangen,
   Auf Erden ich's nimmermehr seh'!

Confirmed with O. Malybrok-Stieler, Lyrische Gedichte und Uebertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, Prag: Druck und Verlag von J. Otto, 1887, page 33.

Text Authorship:

by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Malybrok-Stieler, "Verlassen", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 1. Lyrische Gedichte, in 1. Liebe, first published 1887 [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 Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Verlassen", op. 81 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Forsaken", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-09-23
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Word count: 73

Forsaken

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Night lies upon the forests,
   The moon kisses the water-lilies in the lake;
That is the hour of yearning;
   A hurt trembles through my bosom.

I look into the night, and from my eye
   The burning tear falls;
How I am so utterly forsaken now,
   As if I alone lived upon the earth!

Night lies upon the forests,
   Pain trembles through my bosom;
My love, ah, has gone away,
   Nevermore on this earth shall I see my love!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Malybrok-Stieler, "Verlassen", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 1. Lyrische Gedichte, in 1. Liebe, first published 1887
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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 78