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O Lied, o Lied, Du hilfst dem Schmerz, Will Jammer mich verschmachten; Du kannst, o Lied, das wunde Herz, Das wunde Herz mir sachten. O Lied, o Lied, Du labst den Durst, Du stillst die fahlen Gluten; Du kannst, o Lied, die dürre Brust Und all ihr Weh ermuten. O Lied, o Lied, Das bittre Naß Der stummgeweinten Zähren, Du [kannst's -- und deine Kunst ist das -- Du kannst's]1 in Honig kehren. O Lied, o Lied!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Rudolf Alexander Schröder, Gesammelte Werke in Fünf Bänden, Erster Band, Die Gedichte, Berlin und Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1952, page 660.
1 Simon: "du kannst es -- deine Kunst ist das --/ kannst es"Text Authorship:
- by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), "O Lied", appears in Gedichte, in Die Übersetzungen, in Aus dem Niederländischen [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Dutch (Nederlands) by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1860
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 Ippisch (1883 - 1958), "O Lied", 1945 [ voice and piano ], from Aus den 3 Liedern - dem Andenken der verstorbenen Frau, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Lahusen (1886 - 1975), "O Lied!" [ women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Martin Simon (1880 - 1944), "O Lied!", 1941 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Oh song", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2023-02-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 76
Oh song, oh song, You assuage my pain, If sorrow wishes to reduce me to languishing; You, oh song, my wounded heart, My wounded heart can gentle. Oh song, oh song, You slake my thirst, You calm the pallid glows; You, oh song, can give courage To the withered breast and all its woe. Oh song, oh song, The bitter wetness Of the tears that I wept till I was mute, You can -- and that is your skill -- You can turn them into honey. Oh song, oh song!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Rudolf Alexander Schröder (1878 - 1962), "O Lied", appears in Gedichte, in Die Übersetzungen, in Aus dem Niederländischen
Based on:
- a text in Dutch (Nederlands) by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1860
This text was added to the website: 2024-10-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 88