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by Richard Engländer (1859 - 1919), as Peter Altenberg

Hoffnung
 (Sung text for setting by A. Berg)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE NOR
Was erhoffst Du Dir, Mädchen, noch?!
Da Du, geschlossene Blüte, alles Lebendige in Dir birgst?!
Bleibe verschlossenes Blüh’n, o Mädchen -- --
Denn die „gewöhnliche That“ des Seins
mordet dein „göttliches Ungeschehnis“!“

Note: [sic] for the last word.

Composition:

    Set to music by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Hoffnung", 1906 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 55

Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Engländer (1859 - 1919), as Peter Altenberg, no title

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Hope", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Espoir", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Håp", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Virginia Knight , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 30

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