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by Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff (1799 - 1851)

Warum bist du so ferne?
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Warum bist du so ferne?
O mein Lieb!
Es leuchten mild die Sterne
O mein Lieb!
Der Mond will schon sich neigen
In seinem stillen Reigen.
Gute Nacht, mein süßes Lieb,
O mein Lieb!

  Es rauschen sanft die Wogen,
O mein Lieb!
Gleich ihnen fortgezogen,
Bist du, Lieb!
Ich wandle stumm im Haine
Und klag's dem Mondenscheine.
Gute Nacht, mein süßes Lieb!
O mein Lieb!

  Es regen sich im Herzen,
O mein Lieb!
Die alten, bösen Schmerzen,
O mein Lieb!
Sie freuen und sie kränken,
Denn ich muß dein gedenken,
Du fernes, süßes Lieb!
O mein Lieb!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

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Confirmed with O. L. B. Wolff, Schriften I. Romane, Novellen und Erzählungen., Band XIV Gedichte und poetische Uebersetzungen, Jena: Druck und Verlag von Friedrich Mauke, 1843, page 104.


Text Authorship:

  • by Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff (1799 - 1851), "In der Ferne" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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