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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Blick in den Strom
 (Sung text for setting by B. Randhartinger)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Sahst du ein Glück vorübergehn,
Das nie sich wiederfindet,
Ist's gut in einen Strom zu sehn,
Wo Alles wogt und schwindet.

O, starre nur hinein, hinein,
Du wirst es leichter missen,
Was dir, und soll's dein Liebstes seyn,
Vom Herzen ward gerissen.

Blick' unverwandt hinab zum Fluß,
Bis deine Tränen fallen,
Und sieh durch ihren warmen Guß
Die Flut hinunterwallen.

Hinträumend wird Vergessenheit
Des Herzens Wunde schließen;
Die Seele sieht mit ihrem Leid
Sich selbst vorüberfließen.

Composition:

    Set to music by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Blick in den Strom"

Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Blick in den Strom", written 1844, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Sechstes Buch, in Letzte Gedichte, first published 1844

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 79

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