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Du geleitest mich durch's Leben, Sinnende Melancholie! Mag mein Stern sich strahlend heben, Mag er sinken - weichest nie! Führst mich oft in Felsenklüfte, Wo der Adler einsam haust, Tannen starren in die Lüfte Und der Waldstrom donnernd braust. Meiner Todten dann gedenk' ich, Wild hervor die Thräne bricht, Und an deinen Busen senk' ich Mein umnachtet Angesicht.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Nicolaus Lenau’s sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [no year], page 173.
Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "An die Melancholie", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte [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 Albert Felix, Graf Amadei (1851 - 1894), "An die Melancholie", op. 8 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 tiefere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1886 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859 - 1937), "An die Melancholie", op. 55 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945), "Du geleitest mich durch's Leben", 1900, published 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 3, Published as a facsimile of the manuscript, Homosassa, Florida: Bartók Records, ed. Ference Bónis [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henri Berény (1871 - 1932), "Melancholie (Steyrisch)", op. 12 (Zwei Lieder im Volkston für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Ratibor, Simmich [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Fuchs (1847 - 1927), "An die Melancholie", op. 3 (6 Gesänge ) no. 6, published 1872 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Wien, Gotthard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ödön (Edmund) von Mihalovich (1842 - 1929), "An die Melancholie", published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6, Pest, Táborszky & Parsch [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "An die Melancholie", op. 23 (Drei Gesänge für Bass-Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1856 [ bass and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Widemann , "Die Melancholie", op. 1 no. 1, published 1874 [ baritone and piano ], from Aus des Herzens Nacht. Vier Gesänge für Bariton mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À la mélancolie", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La mélancolie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 62
You accompany me through life, Meditative melancholy! If my star be radiantly in the ascendant, If it sinks - you never leave me! Oft you lead me into the rocky crags Where the eagle dwells in solitude, Fir trees stretch into the winds And the forest river roars thunderously. Then I think about those of mine who have died Wildly my tears break forth, And upon your bosom then I lower my night-shrouded face.
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View text with all available footnotesTranslations of title(s):
"An die Melancholie" = "To melancholy"
"Die Melancholie" = "Melancholy"
"Melancholie (Steyrisch)" = "Melancholy (Styrian)"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "An die Melancholie", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2021-05-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 78