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Sei du mein Trost, verschwiegene Traurigkeit! Ich flieh' zu dir mit so viel Wunden, Nie klag' ich Glücklichen mein Leid: So schweigt ein Kranker bei Gesunden. O Einsamkeit! Wie sanft erquickst du mich, Wenn meine Kräfte früh ermatten! Mit heißer Sehnsucht such' ich dich: So sucht ein Wandrer, matt, den Schatten. Hier weine ich. Wie schmähend is der Blick, Mit dem ich oft bedauert werde! Jetzt, Tränen, hält euch nichts zurück: So senkt die Nachttau auf die Erde. O daß dein Reiz, geliebte Einsamkeit! Mir oft das Bild des Grabes brächte: So lockt des Abends Dunkelheit Zur tiefen Ruhe schöner Nächte.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "An die Einsamkeit", K. 391 (1780). [text verified 1 time]
- by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "An die Einsamkeit", K. 340b [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Aan de eenzaamheid", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "À la solitude", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Alla solitudine", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , title 1: "A la solitud", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 101
Sois mon réconfort, tristesse secrète ! Je vole vers toi avec tant de blessures, Je ne me plains jamais de ma peine aupès des gens heureux, Comme le malade de tait au milieu des bien portants. Ô solitude ! Comme tu me rafarîchit gentiment, Quand mes forces se fatiguent vite ! Je te cherche avec un désir brûlant : Comme le promeneur fatigué cherche l'ombre. Ici je pleure. Comme il est injurieux, le regard Avec lequel souvent on me regarde avec pitié ! Maintenant, larmes, ne vous retenez pas : Ainsi la nuit verse la rosée sur la terre. Ô que ton charme, bien-aimée solitude, M'apporte souvent l'image de la tombe : Comme l'obscurité du soir attire Vers le profond repos des belles nuits.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Timotheus Hermes (1738 - 1821)
This text was added to the website: 2010-02-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 117