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by Louise Brachmann (1777 - 1822)

An meine Laute
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
[Treue]1, liebliche Vertraute,
Meines Kummers Trösterin!
Meine [Klage]2, theure Laute,
Trage zu [dem]3 Fernen hin!
 
Sag' ihm: "Mancher Glanz des Lebens
Wird im Fernen erst erkannt;
Nach Entfremdung ringt vergebens,
Was sich wahr und tief verwandt!"
 
Sag' ihm: "Als Dich kaum die Ferne
Hüllt' in ihre Nebel ein,
Glänzte, wie entwölkte Sterne,
Mir Dein lang’ verkanntes Sein."
 
Fleh' ihn: "Kehr’, o kehre wieder,
Theures Leben! süßes Glück!
Sehnend rufen meine Lieder,
Ruft Dich Reu und Schmerz zurück."

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Lang 

J. Lang sets stanza 1

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Confirmed with Auserlesenen Dichtungen von Louise Brachmann, herausgegeben von Professor Schütz zu Halle, Leipzig: in der Weygand’schen Buchhandlung 1824, page 42

1Lang: "Süße"
2Lang: "Klagen"
3Lang: "den"

Text Authorship:

  • by Louise Brachmann (1777 - 1822), "An meine Laute" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Treue, liebliche Vertraute", 1830s, stanza 1 [voice and piano], unpublished, incomplete [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "To my lute", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-12-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

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