Wenn das Herz dir ist beklommen

Wenn das Herz dir ist beklommen
Und in's Auge Thränen kommen,
Weißt nicht, was dir werden soll,
Wenn kein Antlitz dir erscheinet,
Das es treulich mit dir meinet,
Und dein Auge wird zu voll;--
 
O dann in den Wald nur tauche!
Deine tiefen Seufzer hauche
Flüsternd in die grüne Nacht!
Wenn's dann immer tiefer düstert,
O wie süß es mit dir flüstert:
Kind, was hat dir bang gemacht?
 
Setz' dich dorten, wo die Quelle
Niederspielt vom Felsen helle!
Sag' ihr Alles, was dich kränkt!
Fort mit sich führt sie die Schmerzen;
Neuen Lebens frisch im Herzen
Fühlst dir einen Trunk geschenkt.

Translation(s): ENG

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Confirmed with Gedichte von C. Reinhold, Stuttgart: C. Mäcken, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1853, page 20

Authorship

• by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "An einer Quelle", written 1840 [ 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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "An einer Quelle", op. 27 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 2 (1853), published 1872 [voice and piano], Stuttgart, Ebner [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Wenn das Herz dir ist beklommen", 1840, published 2008, stanza 1. [voice and piano] [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "An einer Quelle", 1853, published 2008. [voice and piano] [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "At a spring", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2006-12-13.
Last modified: 2016-07-28 14:29:57
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Word count: 101

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When your heart is oppressed

When your heart is oppressed
And tears form in your eyes,
When you do not know what will happen to you,
When no one around you appears
To be on your side in faith and honesty,
And your eyes overflow [with tears]; --
 
Oh, then retreat into the forest!
Breathe your sighs
Quietly into the green night!
Then when it becomes ever more dark,
Oh, how sweetly the forest seems to whisper:
"Child, what has made you anxious?"
 
Sit down there where the wellspring
Playfully and brightly descends from the rock!
Tell it everything that is bothering you!
It will carry your pain away;
With new life burgeoning in your heart
You shall feel as if you have been offered a refreshing drink.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "An einer Quelle", written 1840
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Josephine Lang. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2006-12-13.
Last modified: 2016-07-28 14:30:39
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