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Wer singt das Herz mir in Schlummer Mit leisem, süßem Gesang! Es ist vom Sehnen und Harren So traurig, so müde, so bang. Wohl hat mein Leib gelegen In halbem Schlafe zur Nacht, Wohl waren die Augen geschlossen: Mein Herz hat immer gewacht. Es hat in die Brust mir geklungen, Es hat sich gehärmt und gesehnt, Und hat doch immer verstohlen, Er werde noch kommen, gewähnt. O Harren, vergebliches Harren! O wankender, schwankender Sinn! Mein Lieb hat die Treue gebrochen, Fahr hin denn, mein Hoffen, fahr hin! Nun sitz' ich und weine und weine, Mir klopft es im Busen so bang -- Wer singt das Herz mir in Schlummer Mit leisem, süßem Gesang?
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Confirmed with Karl Theodor Gaedertz, Emanuel Geibel. Sänger der Liebe, Herold des Reiches. Ein deutsches Dichterleben, Leipzig: Georg Wigand, 1897, page 109
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Das Mädchen spricht:", appears in Der Liebe Leid und Lust, no. 1 [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 Lothar Kempter (1844 - 1918), "Das Mädchen", op. 13 no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Der Liebe Leid und Lust. Ein Cyklus von 5 Liedern für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2018-02-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 112
Who would lull my heart into slumber With quiet, sweet singing! From yearning and waiting [my heart] is So sad, so weary, so anxious. To be sure, my body lay In half-sleep through the night, To be sure, my eyes were closed: My heart watched unceasingly. [My heart] resounded in my breast, It sorrowed and yearned, And yet ever surreptitiously it Imagined that he would still come. Oh waiting, vain waiting! Oh faltering, wavering spirit! My love has broken faith with me, Be gone then, my hoping, be gone! I sit now and weep and weep, My bosom is filled with anxious beating -- Who would lull my heart into slumber With quiet, sweet singing?
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Translations of title(s):
"Das Mädchen" = "The maiden"
"Das Mädchen spricht:" = "The maiden speaks:"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Das Mädchen spricht:", appears in Der Liebe Leid und Lust, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2018-03-31
Line count: 20
Word count: 114