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Dir auch [wurde, Kleanorides, Sehnsucht]1 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]2.
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View text without footnotes1 Eisler: "wurde Sehnsucht"
2 Eisler: "hinab"
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]
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]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- 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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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-18
Line count: 4
Word count: 37
For you, too, [Cleanorides, yearning]1 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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View text without footnotes1 Eisler: "yearning"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2016-09-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 39