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Ich ruh nicht in den Nächten, Ich ruh nicht an den Tagen; Es treibt mich ohne Rasten, Durch Berg und Thal zu jagen. Da seh ich schwarze Wolken Am schwarzen Himmel fliegen, Da seh ich die dunkeln Lande Gespenstisch düster liegen. Da hör ich der Vögel Lieder Schmerzlich [und schreiend]1 schallen, Da seh ich Trauerblumen Von [blühenden]2 Bäumen fallen. Und düstre Schattengestalten Verfolgen mich durch die Räume, Wahnsinnig machen den Kopf mir [Verworrene]3 wüste Träume. O könnt' ich noch einmal sehen Die tiefen frommen Augen, Und Frieden, Seligkeit, Segen Aus ihrem Himmel saugen!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Junge Lieder von Wolfgang Müller, Düsseldorf, Verlag von J. H. C. Schreiner, 1841, pages 81-82. Numbered XLVIII.
1 Marschner: "klagend"2 Marschner: "blüh'nden"
3 Marschner: "verworr'ne"
Text Authorship:
- by (Karl) Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816 - 1873), no title, appears in Junge Lieder [1841], first published 1841 [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 Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Verloren", op. 123a no. 1, published 1843 [ low voice and piano ], from Drei Gedichte von Wolfgang Müller für tiefe Stimme, no. 1, Berlin, Schlesinger; note: this opus was used later the same year by another publisher so we have added the letter 'a' to distinguish it [sung text checked 1 time]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Jeffrey Williams) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jeffrey Williams [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2015-04-30
Line count: 20
Word count: 96
I do not rest at night, I do not rest during the day; It drives me restlessly to hunt, Through mountains and through valleys. There I see black clouds Flying in the black sky, There I see the dark lands Lie in spooky darkness. There I hear songs of the birds Sound forth in painful laments, That's where I see mourning flowers Fall from blossoming trees. And gloomy shadow figures Follow me through the rooms, Making my head insane Causing turbid and desolate dreams. O if I could only see one again The deep pious eyes, And peace, bliss, and blessings From out of the heavens draw!
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Translations of title(s):
"Rastlos" = "Restless"
"Verloren" = "Lost"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by (Karl) Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816 - 1873), no title, appears in Junge Lieder [1841], first published 1841
This text was added to the website: 2021-02-15
Line count: 20
Word count: 107