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by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838)

Seit ich ihn gesehen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI DAN DUT ENG ENG FRE HEB IRI ITA NOR POR RUS
Seit ich ihn gesehen,
  Glaub' ich blind zu sein;
Wo ich hin nur blicke,
  Seh' ich ihn allein;
Wie im wachen Traume
  Schwebt sein Bild mir vor,
Taucht aus tiefstem Dunkel,
  Heller nur empor.

Sonst ist licht- und farblos
  Alles um mich her,
Nach der Schwestern Spiele
  Nicht begehr' ich mehr,
Möchte lieber weinen,
  Still im Kämmerlein;
Seit ich ihn gesehen,
  Glaub' ich blind zu sein.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Adelbert von Chamisso, Neunzehnte Auflage (19th edition), Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1869, page 9.


Text Authorship:

  • by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Frauen-Liebe und Leben, no. 1 [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 Elizabeth R. Austin (b. 1938), "Seit ich ihn gesehen", 1999 [ mezzo-soprano or soprano and piano ], from Frauenliebe und -leben, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Seit ich ihn gesehen", op. 26 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Bonn, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Frauen-Liebe und Leben", op. 82 (1831), published 1847 [ voice, piano, and clarinet or cello obbligato ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Lorenz Lehmann (1807 - 1852), "Seit ich ihn gesehen", op. 34 no. 2, published 1837 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder von A. von Chamisso, no. 2, Berlin, Stackebrandt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Seit ich ihn gesehen", op. 60 no. 1 (1836), from Frauenliebe, Liederkranz von Chamisso, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Seit ich ihn gesehn", op. 156 (Vier Gesänge für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1852 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Böhme [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand Möhring (1816 - 1887), "Seit ich ihn gesehen", op. 2 (Sechs Gesänge von Chamisso, Heine und Hoffmann von Fallersleben) no. 3, published 1838 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Crantz  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Frauenliebe und Leben" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Erblicken", op. 104 (7 Gesänge und Lieder für Alt (oder Bassstimme) mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, 24ste Liedersammlung) no. 1, published 1835 [ alto or bass and piano ], Dresden, Paul [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sárvár-Felsővidéki gróf Széchényi Imre (1825 - 1898), "Frauenliebe und Leben" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Seit ich ihn gesehen", op. 42 no. 1 (1840), published 1843 [ voice and piano ], from Frauenliebe und -Leben, no. 1, Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ludwig Stark (1831 - 1884), "Aus Chamisso's Frauenliebe", op. 46 no. 2, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], from Sommerspenden. 4 leichte Lieder, no. 2, Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) (Mei Foong Ang) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DAN Danish (Dansk) (Maryanna Morthensen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Daniel Platt) , "Since I saw him", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Kyle Gee) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Depuis que je l'ai vu", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) (Tsippora Samberg) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Da quando lo vidi", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POR Portuguese (Português) (Joana Albergaria Teixeira) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • RUS Russian (Русский) (Natalia Vyshynska) , "С тех пор, как я увидела его", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 71

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