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Alles, wo ich weil' und gehe Muß Verlangen mir erregen, Ewig ist von süßem Wehe Mir die volle Brust erfüllt, Und du kömmst auf allen Wegen Mir entgegen, Holdes Bild! ... Wenn ich still auf Lieder sinne, Scheinst du hold mit mir zu scherzen, Und ich ruh' im Wahn der Minne Selig dann an deiner Brust. Flieh, o Traum, du bringst dem Herzen Lange Schmerzen, Kurze Lust! Flieh' ich dich, so muß ich leiden, Leiden, wenn ich dich erblicke, Immer zwischen Sehn und Meiden Schwankt mein Herz im raschen Streit, Und mir naht, wohin ich blicke, Leid im Glücke, Glück im Leid. ... Wogend zwischen Freud' und Kummer Schweb' ich, wie im Meer der Nachen, Und ich wünsche nun den Schlummer, Und zu wachen wünsch' ich nun. Soll ich weinen, soll ich lachen? Soll ich wachen Oder ruhn?
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,2,4 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Am 6ten Januar 1814", 1835, stanzas 1,3,2,4 [ voice and piano ], unpublished
Text Authorship:
- by Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817), "Am 6ten Januar 1814", subtitle: "Am 6ten Januar 1814", written 1814, appears in Poetisches Tagebuch, vom 29ten Junius 1813 bis 17ten Februar 1817
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2009-08-01
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Word count: 173
Wherever I tarry and walk, everything Must call forth longing within me, With sweet pain my full bosom Is eternally filled, And upon all roads you come Towards me, Lovely image! ... When I am quietly pondering songs, You seem to be sweetly jesting with me, And, in the delusion of love, I rest Blissfully upon your breast. Be off, oh dream, you bring my heart Lasting pains, Fleeting pleasure! If I flee from you, I must suffer, Must suffer when I espy you, Ever between beholding and avoiding My heart alternates in a rapid conflict, And wherever I look I encounter Suffering in joy, Joy in suffering. ... Tossed between joy and heartache I float like a barque in the sea, And I desire slumber at one moment, And at the next I desire to be watchful. Should I weep, should I laugh? Should I watch Or rest?
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,2,4 of the original text.
Translated titles:"Alles, wo ich weil' und gehe" = "Everything, wherever I tarry and walk"
"Am 6ten Januar 1814" = "On the 6th of January 1814"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Konrad Friedrich Schulze (1789 - 1817), "Am 6ten Januar 1814", subtitle: "Am 6ten Januar 1814", written 1814, appears in Poetisches Tagebuch, vom 29ten Junius 1813 bis 17ten Februar 1817
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This text was added to the website: 2016-09-15
Line count: 35
Word count: 185