Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht, Thränen der ewigen Liebe! Ach! nur dem halbgetrockneten Auge [Wie öde, wie todt die Welt ihm erscheint]1! Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht, [Thränen unglücklicher Liebe!]2
Gedichte von Goethe: IX , opus 61
by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850)
Translations available for the entire opus: ENG FRE
1. Wonne der Wehmut [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Wonne der Wehmuth", written 1775, first published 1789
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Goig de la melangia", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Geluk in weemoed", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Joie de la mélancolie", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Voluttà della malinconia", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 108; and with Goethe's Schriften, Achter Band, Leipzig, bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1789, page 151.
1 Howe: "Wie öde, wie todt die Welt ihm erscheinet" ; Randhartinger: "Wie öde, wie tief die Welt ihm erscheint! / Wie öde, wie tot die Welt ihm erscheint" (note the use of "tief" in the first repetition of this line)2 Randhartinger : "Tränen der ewigen Liebe!" (the second line is used instead of the last)
2. Erinnerung [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Willst Du immer weiter schweifen? Sieh, das Gute liegt so nah. Lerne nur das Glück ergreifen, Denn das Glück ist immer da.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Erinnerung", written 1789, first published 1827
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Recordança", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Helios Hong) , "Memory", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , "Emlékkönyvbe", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
3. Meeresstille
Language: German (Deutsch)
Tiefe Stille herrscht im Wasser, Ohne Regung ruht das Meer, Und bekümmert sieht der Schiffer Glatte Fläche rings umher. Keine Luft von keiner Seite! Todesstille fürchterlich! In der ungeheuern Weite Reget keine Welle sich.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), title 1: "Meeres Stille", title 2: "Meeresstille", first published 1795
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , " ", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Windstille zee", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Deep stillness reigns on the water", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Daniel Platt) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Becalmed"
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Merentyven", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Karel Vereycken) , "Mer tranquille", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Calme de mer"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sopra le acque regna una pace profonda", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev) , "Тишь на море", first published 1844
Note: The poem's title in the first edition (Schiller's Musenalmanach 1796) is "Meeresstille", from the second edition on (1800) it is "Meeres Stille".
4. Glückliche Fahrt
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die Nebel zerreißen, Der Himmel ist helle Und Aeolus löset Das ängstliche Band. Es säuseln die Winde, Es rührt sich der Schiffer. Geschwinde! Geschwinde! Es theilt sich die Welle, Es naht sich die Ferne, Schon seh' ich das Land!
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Glückliche Fahrt", written 1795, first published 1795
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Karel Vereycken) , "Prosperous voyage", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Onnellinen matka", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Karel Vereycken) , "Hereux voyage", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Si squarcia la nebbia", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Note: Goethe's "Meeres Stille" and "Glückliche Fahrt" constitute a pair of poems belonging together.