Dolors | Sol, que plores cada vespre

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by (Agnes) Mathilde Wesendonck, née Luckemeyer (1828 - 1902)

Translation © by Salvador Pila

Schmerzen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA NOR NYN RUS SPA

Sonne, weinest jeden Abend
Dir die schönen Augen rot,
Wenn im Meeresspiegel badend
Dich erreicht der frühe Tod;

Doch erstehst in alter Pracht,
Glorie der düstren Welt,
Du am Morgen neu erwacht,
Wie ein stolzer Siegesheld!

Ach, wie sollte ich da klagen,
Wie, mein Herz, so schwer dich sehn,
Muß die Sonne selbst verzagen,
Muß die Sonne untergehn?

Und gebieret Tod nur Leben,
Geben Schmerzen Wonne nur:
O wie dank ich, daß gegeben
Solche Schmerzen mir Natur!

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by (Agnes) Mathilde Wesendonck, née Luckemeyer (1828 - 1902) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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by Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883), "Schmerzen", WWV 91 no. 4 (1857), published 1862 [ female voice and piano or orchestra ], from Wesendonck-Lieder, no. 4, Mainz, Schott, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Victor Wilder (1835 - 1892) ; composed by Richard Wagner.
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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Dolors", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Anguish", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Douleurs", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Dolori", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Arrigo Enrico Boito) , "Dolori"
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Smerter", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Sorg", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
RUS Russian (Русский) (Elena Danilova) , "Муки", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Susana Martin Dudoignon) , "Pesares", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 77

Dolors

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

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Sol, que plores cada vespre
fins que els teus formosos ulls envermelleixen,
tot endinsant-te en el mirall del mar
t'arriba la mort prematura; 

però reprens l'antiga esplendor,
glòria d'aquest món de tenebres,
quan al matí, de nou despertes
com altiu heroi triomfant! 

Ai, per què hauria de lamentar-me,
el meu feixuc cor anhelant-te,
per què s'ha d'esbalair el sol?
per què el sol s'ha de pondre? 
 
I si la mort només engendra vida,
el dolor sols la joia porta:
Oh, com agraeixo a la Natura
que m'ha donat semblant sofrença!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by (Agnes) Mathilde Wesendonck, née Luckemeyer (1828 - 1902)
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 90