Verlangen | Is het deernis, Filomela, dat zo bang

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by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Ist es Mitleid, Philomela, daß so bang'

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG

Ist es Mitleid, Philomela, daß so bang'
Aus dem Fruchthain, wo der Maiduft dich umwallt,
  Wie ein Grablied dein Gesang mir
    Durch die Dämmrung sich ergießt?
 
Es umschwebt mich in der Dämmrung die Gestalt,
Die im Nachttraum und des Tags Traum mir erscheint;
  Ich vernehm', ach! wie sie aufseufzt,
    Und das Thränlein ihr entschleicht.
 
O mein Schutzgeist, wo mit Wehmuth den Gesang
  Philomela's in dem Maiduft sie behorcht,
  Da erschein' ihr in der Dämmrung,
    Wie dein Freund, bleich und bethränt!

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Confirmed with Sämmtliche poetische Werke von Johann Heinrich Voss, ed. by Abraham Voss, Leipzig, Immanuel Müller, 1835, page 117. Note: in this edition, Philomela is addressed, but in modern editions, it is spelled Filomela.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Sehnsucht", appears in Oden und Lieder [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 Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Sehnsucht", H-U 190 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Christian Adolf Overbeck (1755 - 1821), "Philomela", published 1781 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge mit Claviermelodien, als Versuche eines Liebhabers, Hamburg, Carl Ernst Bohn [sung text not yet checked]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Verlangen", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Paula Corbin Swalin) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lau Kanen [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-02-07
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Verlangen

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

Is het deernis, Filomela, dat zo bang
Uit de boomgaard, waar de meigeur jou omzweeft,
Als een graflied jouw belcanto
Door de scheem´ring mij omstroomt?
 
Om mij heen zweeft in de scheem´ring de figuur
Die in nachtdroom en in dagdroom mij verschijnt;
Ik verneem, ach!, hoe zij weeklaagt
En hoe ’n traantje haar ontwelt.
 
O beschermgeest, waar met weemoed zij aanhoort
In de meigeur Filomela’s zoete zang,
Daar verschijn haar in de scheem’ring,
Als je vriend, bleek en betraand.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Sehnsucht", appears in Oden und Lieder
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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 79