Vernahmet ihr

Vernahmet ihr am Hain den mächt'gen Sang
des Sängers der von Liebe klagt und Leiden,
wenn früh noch alles ruht auf Feld und Weiden
Schalmeienton nur tönt in trübem Klang? 
vernahmet ihr, vernahmet ihr? 

Sah't ihr ihn wohl, den Sänger in der Nacht,
wenn er von seinem Lieben singt und Leiden?
und Thränenspuren trüb sein Antlitz kleiden,
wie er so gramvoll seufzt, so traurig lacht?
sah't ihr ihn wohl, sah't ihr ihn wohl?

Ward euch nicht weh, wenn ihr ihm so genah't,
dem Sänger der von Liebe singt und leiden,
wenn einsam noch die Wälder und die Haiden,
sein schmerzgetrübtes Auge ihr sah't,
ward euch nicht weh, ward euch nicht weh?

Translation(s): ENG

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Submitted by Harry Joelson

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It is based on

• a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), "Der Sänger", appears in Lieder aus der Fremde: In Beiträgen von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Adolf Elissen, Ferdinand Freiligrath, usw., first published 1857 ENG FRE
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• a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Певец", first published 1816 ENG FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev, Nikolai Karlovich Medtner, Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein, Ivan Petrovich Shishov, Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Alexeyevich Titov, Nikolai Sergeyevich Titov, Aleksei Nikolayevich Verstovsky. Go to the text.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Vernahmet ihr", op. 36 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem Russischem von F. Bodenstedt) no. 7 (1849-51) [voice and piano], Wien, Spina, also set in Russian (Русский) [
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Settings in other languages or adaptations:

• Also set in Russian (Русский), adapted by by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837) , title 1: "Певец", published 1816 ENG GER FRE by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner, Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein, Ivan Petrovich Shishov, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Alexeyevich Titov, Nikolai Sergeyevich Titov, Aleksei Nikolayevich Verstovsky, Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev.
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Other available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , title 1: "Heard ye his Voice?"

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