ייאוש | לִבִּי קוֹדֵחַ מִמַּכְאוֹב

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by Anne Hunter (1742 - 1821)

Translation © by Hamutal Atariah

Despair

Language: English

Our translations: DUT FRE HEB

The anguish of my bursting heart
Till now my tongue hath ne'er betray'd.
Despair at length reveals the smart;
No time can cure, no hope can aid.

My sorrows verging to the grave,
No more shall pain thy gentle breast.
Think, death gives freedom to the slave,
Nor mourn for me when I'm at rest.

Yet, if at eve you chance to stray
Where silent sleep the peaceful dead,
Give to your kind compassion way,
Nor check the tears by pity shed.

Whene'er the precious dew drop falls
I ne'er can know, I ne'er can see;
And if sad thought my fate recalls,
A sigh may rise unheard by me.

Text Authorship:

by Anne Hunter (1742 - 1821) [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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Despair", Hob. XXVIa no. 28 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Wanhoop", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Désespoir", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Hamutal Atariah) , "ייאוש", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 110

ייאוש

Language: Hebrew (עברית) after the English

לִבִּי קוֹדֵחַ מִמַּכְאוֹב.
לֹא אַסְגִירוֹ; לָשׁוֹן אֶנְצֹר.
מַר-יֵאוּשִׁי פִּצְעִי יַחְשֹׂף
תִּקְוַת-עָתִיד – אֵין בָּהּ מָזוֹר...

הַצַּעַר יֵאָסֵּף עַד בּוֹר.
לֹא-עוֹד בִּכְאֵב לֵב יִתְעַטֵּף.
הֵן מָוֶת – לְצָמִית הוּא דְּרוֹר!                      
אַל תִּסְפְּדוּ כְּשֶאִקַּטֵף. 

וַעֲדַיִן, אִם עֵת עֶרֶב תִּקָּלַע
לְמָקוֹם בּוֹ תַּרְדִּים דְּמָמָה אֶת הַנָּמִים
הַנַּח לָהּ, הַנַּח לָהּ לַחֶמְלָה,
הַנַּח גַּם לְדִמְעוֹת הָרַחֲמִים.

מָתַי, אֵיכָה רוֹעֵף הַטַּל?
זֹאת לֹא אֵדַע. לְעוֹלָם לֹא אֶרְאֶה.
כְּשֶׁמַחְְשֶׁבֶת תּוּגָה עַל לֵב תֻּטַּל
אֲנָחָה לֹא-נִשְׁמַעַת בִּי תִּגְאֶה.

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Based on:

a text in English by Anne Hunter (1742 - 1821)
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This text was added to the website: 2024-08-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 71