Verloren

  Ich hatt' ein Täubchen
So lieb! so schön!
Ich mußt' es immer
Und immer sehn;
 
  War mir das Liebste
Der ganzen Welt,
Hätt's nicht gelassen
Um alles Geld.
 
  Das hab' ich verloren
Und such' es nun,
Und kann nicht bleiben,
Und kann nicht ruhn;
 
  Ich such's im Felde,
Ich such's im Hain,
Und find' es nimmer,
Und kehr' allein,
 
  Und sehe mit Thränen
Zur Ferne hinaus:
Es ist verloren!
Es bleibet aus!

Translation(s): ENG

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Confirmed with Gedichte von J.P. Eckermann, Hannover: [no publisher, funded by subscription], 1821, pages 45-46

Authorship

• by Johann Peter Eckermann (1792 - 1854), "Verloren", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder [ 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 Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Verloren", published 1826. [
   text not verified 
  ]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Lost", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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