by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835)
Duften nicht die Laubengänge?
Language: German (Deutsch)
Duften nicht die Laubengänge? Hör' ich nicht [die Wipfel säuseln]1, [Linde]2 Maienwinde kräuseln [Den umbüschten stillen Rhein]3; Daß mich nicht der Mittag senge, Winken mir [verstohl'ne]4 Schatten, [Rosenhage]5, Veilchenmatten, Aber ach, ich bin allein! Unterm blattgewebten Teppich Hör' ich Nachtigallen schlagen, Und die [leichtern]6 Echo tragen Ihre Töne durch den Hain; [Längs]7 der Eiche dehnt sich [Eppich]8, [Wassernymphen]9 lockt die Quelle, Wo mit Welle lispelt Welle, Aber ach, ich bin allein.
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View original text (without footnotes)Note: originally published without opus number; designated in 1867 as opus 4 ; München und Bern: Joseph Aibl ; republished in Franz Hauser's Gesanglehre, Leipzig & Brüssel: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1866], pages 148-149 and in 40 Lieder, Leipzig & Brüssel: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1882.
Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke des Grafen August von Platen, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1839, page 4."
1 Lang: "der Wipfel Säuseln"2 Lang: "Leise"
3 In Lang's original publication: "Den umbebüschten [sic] stillen Rain" ; in the 1866 and 1882 editions: "Im bebüschten stillen Rain"
4 Lang: "verstohlen"
5 Lang (1866 edition): "Rosenhayn und"; (1882 edition) "Rosenhain und"
6 Lang (1866 and 1882 editions): "leichten"
7 Error in Lang's first edition: "Langs"
8 Error in Lang's 1882 edition: "Teppich"
9 Lang: "Wasser-Nymphe"
Authorship:
- by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), "1815", appears in Lieder und Romanzen [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Sehnsucht", op. 4 (Vier deutsche Lieder) no. 4, published 1833 [ voice and piano ], note: originally published without opus; designated in 1867 as opus 4 ; München und Bern: Joseph Aibl ; republished in Franz Hauser's Gesanglehre, Leipzig & Brüssel: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1866], pages 148-149  [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Longing", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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