Des Mädchens Klage
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Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE
Der Eichwald brauset,
Die Wolken ziehn,
Das Mägdlein sitzet
An Ufers Grün,
Es bricht sich die Welle mit Macht, mit Macht,
Und sie singt hinaus in die finstre Nacht,
Das Auge von Weinen getrübet.
"Das Herz ist gestorben,
Die Welt ist leer,
Und weiter giebt sie
Dem Wunsche nichts mehr.
Du Heilige rufe dein Kind zurück,
Ich habe genossen das irdische Glück,
Ich habe gelebt und geliebet!"
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
First published 1799 in Schiller's Musen-Almanach, and later, only stanzas 1-2 (with slight textual modifications and a different line break), in Die Piccolomini, act 3, scene 7 (Thekla's song). Until the revised edition of 1804, the final stanza began with a quotation mark.
Composition:
Set to music by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Des Mädchens Klage", stanzas 1-2, in Nachlass
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , "The oaks roar, the clouds rush by", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "The maiden's lament", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Plainte de la jeune fille", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Administrator] , Richard Morris , Sharon Krebs
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[Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 152
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch)
La roureda brunzeix, passen els núvols,
la donzella seu a la verda ribera,
les onades rompen amb força, amb força,
i ella sospira en la foscúria de la nit,
els ulls enterbolits de llàgrimes.
“El meu cor és mort, el món és buit
i no té res per donar als meus anhels,
oh Santa, recorda’t del teu infant,
jo he gaudit del goig terrenal,
he viscut i he estimat!”
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2017 by Salvador Pila, (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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 - 1805), "Des Mädchens Klage", written 1798, first published 1799
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