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Vier Lieder

Song Cycle by Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874 - 1953)

1. Wohl lag' ich einst
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wohl lag' ich einst in Gram und Schmerz,
Da weint' ich Nacht und Tag;
Nun wein' ich wieder, weil mein Herz
Sein Glück nicht fassen mag.

Mir ist's, als trüg' ich in der Brust
Das ganze Himmelreich!
O höchstes Leid, o höchste Lust,
Wie seid ihr euch so gleich!

Text Authorship:

  • by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Wohl lag' ich einst in Gram und Schmerz", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lieder als Intermezzo, no. 20

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Autrefois abattu par le chagrin et la peine", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Johann Winkler

2. Ein Fichtenbaum (A spruce‑tree)  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ein [Fichtenbaum]1 steht einsam
Im Norden auf kahler Höh';
Ihn schläfert; mit weißer Decke
Umhüllen ihn Eis und Schnee.

Er träumt von einer Palme,
Die fern im Morgenland,
Einsam und [schweigend]2 trauert
Auf brennender Felsenwand.

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 33

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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
  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "A spruce-tree stands alone", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "A fir-tree standing lonesome", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , appears in The Poems of Heine Complete, first published 1861
  • ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , "Song", appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
  • ENG English [singable] (Arthur Westbrook) , "In northern land a pine-tree"
  • ESP Esperanto (Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof) , "En nord' unu pino"
  • FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 33, first published 1827
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Hamutal Atariah) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sta un abete solitario", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • RUS Russian (Русский) (Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov) , no title, appears in Роман в пяти стихотворениях = Roman v pjati stikhotvorenijakh (A novel in five poems), no. 1 [an adaptation]

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 137.

1 Biegeleben: "Tannenbaum"; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Marx: "schweigsam"

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

3. Stabat Mater
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
1 Stabat Mater dolorosa
Iuxta crucem lacrimosa
dum pendebat Filius.

2. Cuius animam gementem,
contristatam et dolentem,
pertransivit gladius.

 ... 

Text Authorship:

  • possibly by Jacopone da Todi (1230 - 1306)

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Stabat mater"
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The sorrowful mother", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La mère pleine de douleurs", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Karl Eitner) , "Stabat mater dolorosa"

Note: There are several versions of this text. Please visit the highly detailed Stabat Mater Website for more information about over 200 Stabat Mater settings and the many textual variants.
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

4. Reue
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Nacht war schwarz, die Luft war schwül,
Ich fand nicht Schlaf auf meinem Pfühl,
Mein Sinn ward trüb und trüber: 
Da schritten die Tage der alten Zeit
Zu langem, langem Zug gereiht
Wehklagend mir vorüber: 

"Du hattest den Lenz und du hast ihn entlaubt,
Du hattest das Heil und du hast nicht geglaubt,
Du hattest ein Herz zum Lieben, 
Du hast es vertändelt mit eitlem Schein;
Nun bist du zuletzt allein, allein,
Mit deinem Jammer geblieben."

"Und wie du ringst in bangem Gebet,
Es ist zu spät, es ist zu spät, 
Du darfst von Rast nicht wissen:
Dein einsam Herz ist dein Gericht." --
Ich aber drückte mein Angesicht
Lautweinend in die Kissen.

Text Authorship:

  • by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Reue"

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
Total word count: 219
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