I am lonely . . | I am lonely

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by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Einsam bin ich

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Einsam bin ich, 
und meine Seele dürstet
nach einem grossen, wunderbaren Glück,
das ich in Fernen, weiten Fernen ahne.
[Einst]¹ wird es kommen,
wird seine Hände auf das Haupt mir legen,
mit grossen Augen leuchtend vor mir stehn . .
Bin ich dann noch so jung, das Glück zu fassen,
bin . . mutlos ich und müd und alt geworden?
Kommt es . . zu spät . . ?
Die Einsamkeit schleicht träge um mich her,
und meine Seele dürstet
nach dem Glück . . .

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Wallnöfer

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Confirmed with Sehnen und Suchen, Vierte Auflage, Rostock: C.J.E. Volckmann (Volckman & Wetter), 1905, page 125.

¹ Wallnöfer: "Bald"

Text Authorship:

by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Einsam bin ich . .", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Einkehr und Wende, in Einsame Wege [author's text checked 1 time 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 Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Einsam bin ich", op. 92 (Vier Gesänge) no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I am lonely . .", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2023-02-24
Line count: 13
Word count: 85

I am lonely . .

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I am lonely 
and my soul thirsts
for a great, wondrous happiness
that I presage in distances, far distances.
[Someday]¹ it shall come,
shall lay its hands upon my head,
[shall] stand before me shining with great eyes . . 
Shall I then be young enough to grasp that happiness,
have I . . become fainthearted and weary and old?
Shall it come . . too late . . ?
Loneliness creeps sluggishly about me,
and my soul thirsts
for happiness . . .

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¹ Wallnöfer: "Soon"

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Albert Sergel (1876 - 1946), "Einsam bin ich . .", appears in Sehnen und Suchen: Gedichte, in Einkehr und Wende, in Einsame Wege
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This text was added to the website: 2024-11-10
Line count: 13
Word count: 83