Translation by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876)
Sehnsucht
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Czech (Čeština)
Hinter jenen dichten Wäldern Weilst du meine Süßgeliebte Weit ach weit, weit ach weit! Berstet ihr Felsen, Ebnet euch Täler, Daß ich ersehe, Daß ich erspähe Meine ferne, süße Maid!
Authorship:
- by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876), "Sehnsucht", appears in Slawische Volkslieder, in 1. Böhmische Volkslieder, Halle, first published 1830 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Sehnsucht", op. 49 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3 (1868), published 1868, first performed 1870 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Sehnsucht", op. 59 no. 8, published 1877 [ vocal duet for 2 female voices with piano ], from Zehn deutsche und slavische Volkspoesien für 2 Frauenstimmen mit Pianoforte, no. 8, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Anhel", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Hunkering", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Yearning", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nostalgie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Desiderio", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 30