Ich wollt, meine Schmerzen ergössen

Ich wollt, meine [Schmerzen ergössen]1
Sich all in ein [einziges]2 Wort,
Das gäb ich den [lustigen]3 Winden,
Die trügen es lustig fort.

Sie tragen zu dir, Geliebte,
Das [schmerzerfüllte]4 Wort;
Du hörst es zu jeder Stunde,
Du hörst es an jedem Ort.

Und hast du zum nächtlichen Schlummer
Geschlossen die Augen kaum,
So wird [dich mein Wort]5 verfolgen
Bis in den tiefsten Traum.

Translation(s): DUT ENG ENG FRE GRE GRE RUS

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Authorship

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 61 [ 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 György Bánffy , "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", from Lieder, no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Ignaz Brüll (1846 - 1907), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen", op. 5 (Zwölf Gesänge), Heft 1 (Sechs Gesänge nach Dichtungen von Heinrich Heine) no. 5, published 1870 [voice and piano], Wien, Gotthard; reprinted later in Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Franz Aloys Theodor Commer (1813 - 1887), "Lied", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1884 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Karen De Pastel (b. 1949), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", 1974, from Sieben Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine, no. 7 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Alexander Fesca (1820 - 1849), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Piano) no. 5, published 1844 [soprano or tenor and piano], Braunschweig, Meyer [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Don Forsythe (b. 1932), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen", published c2004-5 [low voice and piano], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Sommerzyklus, no. 13 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Boleslav Viktorovich Grodzky (b. 1865), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 23 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1, published 1848 [voice and piano], Berlin, Schlesinger [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by William Gardiner Hammond (1874 - 1945), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", published 1903-9, from Heine Songs, no. 10, also set in English [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by J. Heinemann , "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", from Lieder, no. 4 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Heinrich Huber , "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", from Dichter unbekannt, no. 7 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Peter Janssens (b. 1934), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen : aus Die Heimkehr", published 1976, from Heinrich Heine Song Buch, no. 7 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Paul Kuczynski (1846 - 1897), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen", published 18--?, from Vierzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 7 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen", op. 176 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, published 1856 [voice and piano], Payne [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847), "Ich wollt meine Lieb ergösse sich", op. 63 (Sechs Duette) no. 1 [duet] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Richard Metzdorff (1844 - 1919), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 9 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Charles Mikuli (1819 - 1897), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 27 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1880 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Oliver P. H. Smith , "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", published 1895 [voice and piano], from Neun Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 7, Berlin, Ries & Erler [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5 (1872/3?), published [1875] [voice and piano], Braunschweig, H. Litolff [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• possibly by Wilhelm Wenzel Steinhardt (1819 - 1899), "Mein Wort", from Vier Lieder, no. 1, note: source gives composer's name as W. W. Steinhardt [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Ich wollt'", op. 1 no. 113 (1948), published 1972, from Elf Heine-liederen, no. 11 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by A. V. Taskin , "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Carl Thern (1817 - 1886), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 46 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Nikolai Alexeyevich Titov (1800 - 1875), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Th. Trendelenburg , "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder von H. Heine) no. 5, published 1835 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Heinrich Triest (1808 - 1885), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 3 (Lieder) no. 3 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Wenzel Heinrich Veit (1806 - 1864), "Ich wollt meine Schmerzen ergössen sich all'", op. 12 (Sechs Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen) no. 2, published 1840 [vocal quartet for male voices], Leipzig, Hofmeister [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Das Eine Wort", op. 21 (Liebesleiden : Gedichte von H. Heine) no. 3, published 1840 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 61 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 [soprano and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Emma Lazarus (1849 - 1887) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine DUT FRE GRE GRE RUS ; composed by William Gardiner Hammond.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862) , no title, first published 1859 DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE GRE GRE ; composed by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ik wou dat mijn smart zich tezamen", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Siân Goldthorpe) (Christian Stein) , "I wish my pain would flow into a single word", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je voudrais que mes peines s'écoulent", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Αχ πώς οι καημοί μου να μπαίναν

Αχ πώς οι καημοί μου να μπαίναν
Σε λέξη μια μόνο απλή,
Κεφάτοι αγέρες να παίρναν
Τη λέξη’ απ’ εδώ εκεί.

Σε σέ να την παν, πανώρια,
Των πόνων λέξη’ ευθύς,
Ν’ ακούεις σε κάθε ώρα,
Ν’ ακούς όπου κι αν βρεθείς.

Το μάτι σου’ ακόμα πριν κλείσει,
Τη νύκτα να κοιμηθείς,
Η λέξη θα σε κυνηγήσει,
Βαθιά’ αν ονειρευθείς.

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Note: this is a translation of the original poem without Mendelssohn's changes. For a translation of Mendelssohn's version, see the other Greek translation.

Translations of title(s):
"Mein Wort" = "[missing]"
"Ich wollt meine Schmerzen ergössen sich all'" = "[missing]"
"Ich wollt meine Lieb ergösse sich" = "[missing]"
"Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen : aus Die Heimkehr" = "[missing]"
"Ich wollt'" = "[missing]"
"Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen" = "Αχ πώς οι καημοί μου να μπαίναν"
"Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen" = "[missing]"
"Lied" = "[missing]"
"Das Eine Wort" = "[missing]"
"Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich" = "[missing]"

Show a transliteration: DIN | ISO 843

Authorship

• Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Greek (Ελληνικά) copyright © 2018 by Christakis Poumbouris, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
  
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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 61 DUT ENG ENG FRE RUS
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): György Bánffy, Ignaz Brüll, Franz Aloys Theodor Commer, Karen De Pastel, Alexander Fesca, Don Forsythe, Boleslav Viktorovich Grodzky, Ferdinand Gumbert, William Gardiner Hammond, J. Heinemann, Heinrich Huber, Peter Janssens, Paul Kuczynski, Heinrich August Marschner, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Richard Metzdorff, Charles Mikuli, Oliver P. H. Smith, Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov, Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer, Wilhelm Wenzel Steinhardt (attribution uncertain), Korstiaan Stougie, A. V. Taskin, Carl Thern, Nikolai Alexeyevich Titov, Th. Trendelenburg, Heinrich Triest, Wenzel Heinrich Veit, Johann Vesque von Püttlingen, Max Zenger. Go to the text.

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