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Was Du mir [für]1 Leid und Trübsal gebracht, Das hab ich verziehn und vergessen. Doch daß ich Dein Herz einst besessen, Und wie Du mich froh und glücklich gemacht, -- Erinnrung aus seligen Tagen -- Das will ich im dunklen Herzensschrein, Wie einen hellfunkelnden Edelstein, Durch's ganze Leben tragen.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Günther Walling (Carl Ulrici), Von Lenz zu Herbst. Dichtungen, Zweite vielfach veränderte Auflage, Leipzig und Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Friedrich, 1887, page 23.
1 omitted by Heidrich; further changes may exist not shown above.Text Authorship:
- by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici, no title, appears in Von Lenz zu Herbst: Dichtungen, in 1. Lieder, in Lieder aus Sevilla, no. 13 [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 Alban Förster (1849 - 1916), "Was du mir für Leid und Trübsal gebracht", op. 99 (Drei Lieder für 1 tiefere Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 2, published 1887 [ low voice and piano ], Dresden, Näumann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maximilian Heidrich (1864 - 1909), "Was Du mir Leid und Trübsal gebracht", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 6, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Dörffel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Louis Nicodé (1853 - 1919), "Was du mir für Leid und Trübsal gebracht", op. 30 no. 8, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Dem Andenken an Amarantha. Ein Liedercyklus für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 8, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Was Du mir für Leid und Trübsal gebracht", op. 14 no. 7 (1890), published 1897 [ voice and piano ], from Ur en kärlekssaga. Sju sånger, no. 7, Stockholm: Hirsch [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-06-10
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What sorrow and misery you have brought me, I have forgiven and forgotten that. But that I once possessed your heart, And how you made me glad and happy, -- Memories from blissful days -- Those in the dark shrine of my heart I shall carry like a brightly sparkling gem Throughout my whole life.
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Translations of title(s):
"Was Du mir für Leid und Trübsal gebracht" = "What sorrow and misery you have brought me"
"Was Du mir Leid und Trübsal gebracht" = "What sorrow and misery you have brought me"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Günther Walling (1839 - 1896), as Karl Ulrici, no title, appears in Von Lenz zu Herbst: Dichtungen, in 1. Lieder, in Lieder aus Sevilla, no. 13
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 53