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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Translation by (Johann) Philipp Kaufmann (1802 - 1846)

Weh ist mein Herz und im Auge die Thrän'
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Scottish (Scots) 
Weh ist mein Herz und im Auge die Thrän',
Lang', lang' hab' ich keine Freude geseh'n;
Verlassen und einsam trag' ich meinen Schmerz,
Und die Stimme des Mitleids kühlt nimmer mein Herz!
 
O, wenn ich wär', wo das Glück mir einst schien --
Drunten am Strom, an dem Schloß dort so grün,
Denn dort mein gedenkend wird wandeln und geh'n,
Der gar bald mir im Auge wird trocknen die Thrän'.
 
Lieb', du hast Freud'; und tief hab' ich geliebt,--
Lieb', du hast Leid; und tief ward ich betrübt.
Doch dies wunde Herz, das so blutet mir nun,
O es sagt mir sein Pochen, bald, bald wird es ruh'n!

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•   F. Jähns 

F. Jähns sets stanzas 1, 3, 2

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Confirmed with Philipp Kaufmann (translator), Gedichte von Robert Burns, Stuttgart und Tübingen: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1839, page 14. Note: Kaufmann has reversed the last two stanzas in his translation.


Text Authorship:

  • by (Johann) Philipp Kaufmann (1802 - 1846), no title [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "The Tear-Drop", written 1794
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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 Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns (1809 - 1888), no title, stanzas 1,3,2, from Schottische Lieder und Gesänge mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte, gedichtet von Robert Burns, übersetzt von Philipp Kaufmann, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Heinrich Julius Heintze (1811 - 1860) , "O schwer ist mein Herz" ; composed by Ferdinand von Hiller, Carl Lührss.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858) , "Liebesweh" ; composed by Heinrich Esser, Heinrich August Marschner.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Joseph Rheinberger.
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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2016-11-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 110

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