Hoe klaag ik ‘t uit

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by Johann Chrysostomos Senn (1795 - 1857)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Wie klag' ich's aus

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE

»Wie klag' ich's aus
Das Sterbegefühl,
Das auflösend
Durch die Glieder rinnt?

Wie sing' ich's aus
Das Werdegefühl,
Das erlösend
Dich, o Geist, anweht?«

[Es klagt', es]¹ sang
Vernichtungsbang,
Verklärungsfroh,
Bis das Leben floh.

Das [ist]² des Schwanen Gesang!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Schubert

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Senn. Innsbruck, in der Wagner'schen Buchhandlung. 1838, page 15

Note: Schubert received Senn's poem in handwritten form. Senn issued it later in the book mentioned above, with the footnote In Musik gesetzt von Fr. Schubert.

¹ Schubert: "Er klagt', er"
² Schubert: "bedeutet"

Text Authorship:

by Johann Chrysostomos Senn (1795 - 1857), "Schwanenlied" [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Schwanengesang", op. 23 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, D 744 (1822?), published 1823 [ voice, piano ], Sauer & Leidesdorf, VN 367, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Aleksi Reunanen) , "Joutsenlaulu", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant du cygne", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 39

Hoe klaag ik ‘t uit

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

“Hoe klaag ik ‘t uit, 
Het stervensgevoel,
Dat ontbindend 
Door mijn leden stroomt?

Hoe zing ik ‘t uit,
Het wordensgevoel,
Dat verlossend
Jou, o geest, aanvoert?”

Zo klaagde zijn zang,
Voor niet-zijn bang,
Voorbij de dood,
Tot zijn leven vlood.

Dat is¹ het zwanengezang!

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Translations of title(s):
"Schwanengesang" = "Zwanengezang"
"Schwanenlied" = "Zwanenlied"

¹ Schubert: "cbetekent"

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Chrysostomos Senn (1795 - 1857), "Schwanenlied"
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-24
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