Heart! oh leave your woe! | Heart! oh leave your woe!

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Herz! o lass dein Weh

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Herz! o laß dein Weh! 
Unter'm tiefen Schnee, 
Jedem Frost zum Hohn, 
Träumt das Veilchen schon. 

  Und wie fahl und todt 
Noch die Hecke sei, 
Träumt im Abendroth 
Sie den Lenz herbei. 

  Und ein heller Ton 
Klingt vom Baume schon 
Über'n tiefen Schnee --
Herz, o laß dein Weh!

Confirmed with Neue Lieder von Friedrich Oser (1874-1884), Basel: Verlag von M. Bernheim, 1885, pages 15-16.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Herz! o laß dein Weh!", appears in Neue Lieder [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 Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Herz! o lass dein Weh", op. 61 no. 5, published 1886 [ sa chorus ], from Im Freien zu singen. 10 Chorduette für Sopran und Alt (9. Folge) ohne Begleitung. Zum Gebrauch in höheren Schulen und Gesangvereinen, no. 5, Leipzig: Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Heart! oh leave your woe!", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Heart! oh leave your woe!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Heart! oh leave your woe!
Under the deep snow,
In defiance of every frost,
The violet is already dreaming.

  And however sallow and dead
The hedge may still be,
In the evening glow it already
Summons springtime with its dreaming.

  And a bright tone
Already sounds forth from the tree,
[Travelling] over the deep snow --
Heart, oh leave your woe!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Herz! o laß dein Weh!", appears in Neue Lieder
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This text was added to the website: 2021-01-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 61