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by Paul Scheerbart (1863 - 1915)
Translation © by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Die große Sehnsucht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn die große Sehnsucht wieder kommt,
Wird mein ganzes Wesen wieder weich.
Und ich möchte weinend niedersinken --
Und dann möcht ich wieder maßlos trinken.

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Scheerbart (1863 - 1915), "Die große Sehnsucht" [author's text not yet checked 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Die große Sehnsucht", 2010 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "The great yearning", written 2010, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
Line count: 4
Word count: 24

The great yearning
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
When the great yearning comes again,
My very being will again mellow.
And I will sink down into tears --
And then I will again drink excessively.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "The great yearning", written 2010, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Scheerbart (1863 - 1915), "Die große Sehnsucht"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-12-28
Line count: 4
Word count: 26

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