You dreary fog, you shroud for me

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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Nebel

(Sung text for setting by R. Strauss)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Du, trüber Nebel, hüllst mir
Das Tal mit seinem Fluß,
Den Berg mit seinem Waldrevier,
Mit jedem Sonnengruß.

Nimm fort in deine graue Nacht
Die Erde weit und breit!
Nimm fort, was mich so traurig macht,
Auch die Vergangenheit.

Composition:

Richard Georg Strauss

Text Authorship:

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Nebel", written 1831, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Erinnerung

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Boira", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Brouillard", copyright © 2009, (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.
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Word count: 41

Fog

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Strauss)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

You dreary fog, you shroud for me
The valley with its river,
The mountain with its forest range
with every greeting of the sun.
 
Take away into your grey night
The earth, far and wide!
Take away that which makes me so sad,
The past as well.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Nebel", written 1831, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Erinnerung
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