Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Duften nicht die Laubengänge?
Hör' ich nicht der Wipfel Säuseln,
Leise Maienwinde kräuseln
Im bebüschten stillen Rain;
Daß mich nicht der Mittag senge,
Winken mir verstohlen Schatten,
Rosenhain und, Veilchenmatten,
Aber ach, ich bin allein!
 
Unterm blattgewebten Teppich
Hör' ich Nachtigallen schlagen,
Und die leichten Echo tragen
Ihre Töne durch den Hain;
Längs der Eiche dehnt sich Eppich,
Wasser-Nymphe lockt die Quelle,
Wo mit Welle lispelt Welle,
Aber ach, ich bin allein.

Notes
Stanza 1, line 4: in Lang's first edition, this line was "Den umbebüschten stillen Rain"; in the 1866 and 1882 editions this line became "Im bebüschten stillen Rain".
Stanza 1, line 7, word 1: in Lang's 1866 edition, this was replaced with "Rosenhayn und", and in the 1882 edtion, "Rosenhain und".
Stanza 2, line 5, word 1: in Lang's first edition, there was a typo here: "Langs"
Stanza 2, line 5, word 6: in Lang's 1882 edition, there was a typo here: "Teppich"

Composition:

    Set to music by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Sehnsucht", op. 4 no. 4, published 1833 [ voice and piano ], note: originally published without opus; designated in 1867 as opus 4 ; München und Bern: Joseph Aibl ; republished in Franz Hauser's Gesanglehre, Leipzig & Brüssel: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1866], pages 148-149 and in 40 Lieder, Leipzig & Brüssel: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1882
        Publisher: Certosa Verlag [external link]

Text Authorship:

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 80