Namenloses Weh

Wohl dem, der noch vertrauen kann
Sein Weh an andre Herzen,
Der da noch Mut und Kraft gewann,
Zu klagen seine Schmerzen.
 
Es gibt ein Leid, es gibt ein Weh,
Das tief im Innern glutet.
Was auch im Lauf der Zeit gescheh,
Es schweigt und zuckt und blutet.
 
Es gibt ein Weh, das niemand kennt,
Was findet keinen Namen --
O wohl dem, der dies Weh nicht kennt!
Gott schütz ihn weiter.  Amen.

Translation(s): ENG

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Submitted by Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, Agnes R. [ author's text not yet checked 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 Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Namenloses Weh", op. 60 no. 3, published 1903 [voice and piano], from Sechs deutsche Liebeslieder aus der Jugend, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Nameless pain", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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