by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Wenn der schwer Gedrückte klagt
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wenn der schwer Gedrückte klagt, Hilfe, Hoffnung sei versagt, Bleibet heilsam fort und fort Immer noch ein freundlich Wort.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with West-ostlicher Divan von Goethe, Mit Einleitung und erläuternden Anmerkungen von G. von Loeper, Berlin: Gustav Hempel, 1872, page 97.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 6. Buch der Sprüche -- Hikmet Nameh, no. 9 [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Wenn der Schwergedrückte klagt", 1905 [ vocal quartet in canon ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Quando lamenta, chi è duramente oppresso", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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