Ich kann wohl manchmal singen, Als ob ich fröhlich sei, Doch heimlich Tränen dringen, Da wird das Herz mir frei. [Es]1 lassen Nachtigallen, Spielt draußen Frühlingsluft, Der Sehnsucht Lied erschallen Aus ihres [Kerkers]2 Gruft. [Da]3 lauschen alle Herzen, Und alles ist erfreut, Doch keiner [fühlt]3 die Schmerzen, Im Lied das tiefe Leid.
Vier Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte , opus 37
by Richard Hofmann
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1. Wehmuth [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Wehmut, no. 1
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- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Weemoed", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Melancholy", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Parfois je peux bien chanter", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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1 Blodek, Hensel, Jensen, Schoeck, Széchényi: "So"
2 Blodek, Jensen, Schoeck, Széchényi: "Käfigs"
3 Barth, Hensel: "Es"
4 Hensel: "ahnt"
2. Das Blatt im Buche [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich [hab']1 eine alte Muhme, [Die'n]2 altes Büchlein hat, Es liegt in dem alten Buche Ein altes, dürres Blatt. So dürr [ist wohl auch die Hand schon]3, [Die ihr's im Lenz einst]4 gepflückt. -- Was mag doch die Alte haben? Sie weint, [so oft]5 sie's erblickt? --
Text Authorship:
- by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün, no title, appears in Blätter der Liebe, in Zweite Liebe, no. 9
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Confirmed with Anastasius Grün Blätter der Liebe, Stuttgart: Druck und Verlag von Gebrüder Franckh, 1830, page 64 (also consulted Gedichte von Anastasius Grün, Vierte, vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig: Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1843, page 34; where the poem has the title "Das Blatt im Buche.")
1 Schultz: "hatte"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "Die ein"
3 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "sind wohl auch die Hände"
4 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "Die's einst im Lenz ihr"
5 Decker, Reger, 1843 edition: "wenn"
3. Ich weiss, dass mich der Himmel liebt
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich weiss dass mich der Himmel liebt
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4. Intermezzo [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Dein Bildnis wunderselig Hab ich im Herzensgrund, Das sieht so [frisch]1 und fröhlich Mich an zu jeder Stund'. Mein Herz still in sich singet Ein altes schönes Lied, Das [in die Luft sich schwinget]2 Und [zu dir eilig]3 zieht.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Intermezzo", appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben
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- ICE Icelandic (Íslenska) (Stefán Sigurjónsson) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Intermezzo", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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1 Jensen: "froh"
2 Jensen: "durch die Seele klinget"
3 Jensen: "eilig zu dir"