Einziger Trost

Am Tage denk' ich still an dich,
Und träume Nachts von dir,
Und keine Seele raubt den Traum
Und die Gedanken mir!

Sie ruhen ja so innig fest
Verwebt in meiner Brust!
Die keinen Hauch verlieren will
Von all der Qual und Lust!

Und bist du noch so ewig weit
Und noch so fern von mir
In meinem Traum bei Tag und Nacht
Bin ich ja doch bei dir!

Translation(s): ENG

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Submitted by Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Malybrok-Stieler, "Einziger Trost" [ 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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Einziger Trost", 1868. [voice and piano] [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Einziger Trost", op. 81 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1890 [voice and piano], Hamburg, Rahter [
   text not verified 
  ]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Sole consolation", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2010-09-23.
Last modified: 2016-10-28 16:15:47
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Word count: 69

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Sole consolation

During the day I think quietly of you,
And at night I dream of you,
And no one robs me of the dream
And the thoughts.

They lie so deeply and tightly
Woven into each other in my breast --
that does not want to lose a breath
Of all the agony and joy!

And even if you are so eternally distant
And still so far away from me,
In my dreams by day or by night
I am nevertheless with you!

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Malybrok-Stieler, "Einziger Trost"
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Josephine Lang, Erik Meyer-Helmund. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2010-09-23.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:01
Line count: 12
Word count: 81