Ik wou dat mijn smart zich tezamen

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Ich wollt, meine Schmerzen ergössen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE GRE GRE HEB

Ich wollt, meine Schmerzen ergössen
Sich all in ein einziges Wort,
Das gäb ich den lustigen Winden,
Die trügen es lustig fort.

Sie tragen zu dir, Geliebte,
Das schmerzerfüllte Wort;
Du hörst es zu jeder Stunde,
Du hörst es an jedem Ort.

Und hast du zum nächtlichen Schlummer
Geschlossen die Augen kaum,
So wird dich mein Wort verfolgen
Bis in den tiefsten Traum.

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• A. Fesca • F. Mendelssohn • J. Vesque von Püttlingen • M. Zenger

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Note: in Zenger's score, the first time we reach stanza 1, line 2, word 5, it is "einzig", and "einziges" in the repetition.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 61 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Word count: 68

Ik wou dat mijn smart zich tezamen

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Ik wou dat mijn smart zich tezamen
Zou voegen in één enkel woord;
Dat gaf ik de speelse winden,
Die droegen het spelend voort.
 
Zij dragen naar jou, geliefde,
't Van pijn vervulde woord;
Jij hoort het dan alle uren,
Je hoort het in ieder oord.
 
En heb je dan 's nachts om te slapen
De ogen maar amper dicht,
Dan zal je mijn woord vervolgen
In 't diepste droomgezicht.

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• F. Mendelssohn

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Translations of titles:
"Das Eine Wort" = "Het ene woord"
"Ich wollt'" = "Ik wou"
"Ich wollt meine Lieb ergösse sich" = "Ik wou dat mijn liefde tezamen"
"Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen" = "Ik wou dat mijn smart"
"Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen" = "Ik wou dat mijn smart zich tezamen"
"Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen : aus Die Heimkehr" = "Ik wou dat mijn smart zich tezamen uit De thuiskomst"
"Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich" = "Ik wou dat mijn smart zich tezamen"
"Ich wollt meine Schmerzen ergössen sich all'" = "Ik wou dat mijn smart zich tezamen"
"Lied" = "Lied"
"Mein Wort" = "Mijn woord"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 61
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Word count: 73