For you, too, Cleanorides, yearning for your homeland became

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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Dir auch wurde, Kleanorides, Sehnsucht...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Dir auch wurde, Kleanorides, Sehnsucht nach der Heimat
Tödlich; dich schreckte der Süd nimmer, der winterlich stürmt.
So fing dich die betrügliche Jahrszeit ein, und strömend 
Spülten die Wogen den Reiz lieblicher Jugend hinweg.

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Text Authorship:

by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), no title, appears in Griechische Lyrik, in 5. Anakreon Lieder, no. 54 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Dir auch wurde Sehnsucht nach der Heimat tödlich", 1943, from Anakreontische Fragmente, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Dir auch wurde Sehnsucht nach der Heimat tödlich", from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 32 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Pour toi aussi le mal du pays devint fatal", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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For you, too, Cleanorides, yearning for...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

For you, too, Cleanorides, yearning for your homeland became
Fatal; the south-wind that storms hibernally never frightened you.
Thus the deceptive season took hold of you, and, flowing mightily,
The waves washed away the allure of lovely youth.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), no title, appears in Griechische Lyrik, in 5. Anakreon Lieder, no. 54
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2016-09-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 39