Abandoned | In the gray of morning I ventured forth –

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by Hermann Conradi (1862 - 1890)

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Verlassen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Im Morgengrauen schritt ich fort -
Nebel lag in den Gassen...
In Qualen war mir das Herz verdorrt -
Die Lippe sprach kein Abschiedswort -
Sie stöhnte nur leise: Verlassen!

Kennst du das Marterwort?
Das frißt wie verruchte Schande!
In Qualen war mir das Herz verdorrt -
Im Morgengrauen ging ich fort -
Hinaus in die dämmernden Lande!

Entgegen dem jungen Maientag:
Das war ein seltsam Passen!
Mählich wurde die Welt nun wach -
Was war mir der prangende Frühlingstag!
Ich stöhnte nur leise: Verlassen!

Text Authorship:

by Hermann Conradi (1862 - 1890) [author's text not yet checked 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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Verlassen", op. 6 (8 Lieder) no. 4 (1903-1905) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Abandoned", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 79

Abandoned

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In the gray of morning I ventured forth – 
Fog lay in the streets....
My heart was constricted with hurt – 
My lips spoke no word of parting – 
They only softly groaned: Abandoned!

Do you know this word of misery?
It consumes one with wicked humiliation!
My heart was constricted with hurt – 
In the gray of morning I ventured forth – 
Out into the gloomy countryside! 

How at odds with the early May day:
What a peculiar experience that was!
Gradually, the world began to waken – 
What did that glorious spring day mean to me?
I only softly groaned: Abandoned!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Conradi (1862 - 1890)
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This text was added to the website: 2022-06-16
Line count: 15
Word count: 103