Quand se plaint celui qui est durement opprimé

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Wenn der schwer Gedrückte klagt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE ITA

Wenn der [schwer Gedrückte]¹ klagt,
Hilfe, Hoffnung sei versagt,
Bleibet heilsam fort und fort
Immer noch ein freundlich Wort.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Schoenberg

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Confirmed with West-ostlicher Divan von Goethe, Mit Einleitung und erläuternden Anmerkungen von G. von Loeper, Berlin: Gustav Hempel, 1872, page 97.

¹ Schoenberg: "Schwergedrückte"

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 6. Buch der Sprüche -- Hikmet Nameh, no. 9 [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Wenn der Schwergedrückte klagt", 1905 [ vocal quartet in canon ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Quando lamenta, chi è duramente oppresso", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Quand se plaint celui qui est durement...

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Quand se plaint celui qui est durement opprimé,
Que le secours et l'espoir lui sont refusés,
Il reste sans cesse le baume
D'un mot amical, encore.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 6. Buch der Sprüche -- Hikmet Nameh, no. 9
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-11
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Word count: 26