Verlassen

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'!

Translation(s): ENG

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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

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 2. Liebe, first published 1887 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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 verified ]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Forsaken", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2010-09-23.
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Forsaken

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 2. Liebe, first published 1887
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Erik Meyer-Helmund. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2017-06-30.
Last modified: 2017-06-30 10:29:00
Line count: 12
Word count: 78