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by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)

Translation © by Jelle Leistra

Gefrorne Tropfen fallen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: AFR CAT CHI DUT DUT ENG ENG ENG FIN FRE FRI HEB HEB IRI ITA KOR LIT POR SPA SPA

Gefrorne Tropfen fallen
Von meinen Wangen ab:
Und ist's mir denn entgangen, 
Daß ich geweinet hab'?

Ei Thränen, meine Thränen, 
Und seid ihr gar so lau,
Daß ihr erstarrt zu Eise,
Wie kühler Morgenthau?

Und dringt doch aus der Quelle 
Der Brust so glühend heiß,
Als wolltet ihr zerschmelzen 
Des ganzen Winters Eis.

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• F. Schubert

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Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Zweites Bändchen. Deßau 1824. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, page 80; and with Urania. Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1823. Neue Folge, fünfter Jahrgang. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1823, page 212.

First published in Urania (see above) as no. 3 of Wanderlieder von Wilhelm Müller. Die Winterreise. In 12 Liedern.

Note for stanza 3, line 1: in the repetition, "Und" becomes "Ihr" in Schubert's song.

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by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Gefrorene Thränen", written 1821-1822, appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Die Winterreise, no. 3, first published 1823 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Bevroren tranen

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

 Bevroren druppels vallen
 van mijn wangen af:
 of het me dan ontgaan
 is dat ik gehuild heb?

 Hé tranen, mijn tranen,
 zijn jullie zelfs zo lauw,
 dat jullie verstarren tot ijs
 als koele ochtenddauw?

 En dringt toch uit de bron
 der borst zo gloeiend heet,
 als wilden jullie wegsmelten
 het hele winter's ijs.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Gefrorene Thränen", written 1821-1822, appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Die Winterreise, no. 3, first published 1823
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