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Mein Herz ist schwer! auf! Von der Wand Die Laute, sie mag ich noch hören; Entlocke mit geschickter Hand Ihr Töne, die den Schmerz bethören! Kann noch mein Herz ein Hoffen nähren, Es zaubern’s diese Töne her, Und birgt mein trocknes Auge Zähren, Sie fließen, und mich brennt's nicht mehr! Nur tief sey, wild der Töne Fluß, Und von der Freude weggekehret! Ja, Sänger, daß ich weinen muß, Sonst wird das schwere Herz verzehret! Denn sieh! vom Kummer ward's genähret; Mit stummem Wachen trug es lang; Jetzt ward's vom Aeussersten belehret -- Da bricht's, wo nicht, heilt's im Gesang!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Julius Körner (translator), Lord Byron’s Poesien, Erstes Bändchen, Zwickau: im Verlage der Gebrüder Schumann, 1821, page 15
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Julius Körner (1793 - 1873), "Die Laute", appears in Israelitische Gesänge, no. 9, first published 1821 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "My soul is dark", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 9, adaptation of I Samuel 16:14-23, first published 1815
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 103
My heart is heavy! arise! Take the lute From the wall, it I still like to hear; With a skilful hand entice from it Sounds that beguile my pain. If my heart can still nurture a hope, These sounds shall magically call it forth, And if my dry eyes harbour tears, They shall flow, and I shall no longer be burnt by pain! Only deep, wild be the flow of the notes, And turned away from joy! Yea, singer, they must be such that I must weep, Otherwise my heavy heart shall be consumed! For look! It was nourished by anguish; With mute watching it long bore its burden; Now that it has been taught by the extremes of pain -- It breaks, if not, it heals in song.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Julius Körner (1793 - 1873), "Die Laute", appears in Israelitische Gesänge, no. 9, first published 1821
Based on:
- a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "My soul is dark", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 9, adaptation of I Samuel 16:14-23, first published 1815
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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 133