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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and possibly by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831) and sometimes misattributed to Johann Karl Unger (1771 - 1836)

Die Einsamkeit
 (Sung text for setting by B. Randhartinger)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Um mich her ist alles
   So einsam, so still,
Mein Herz es so wünscht,
   Mein Geist es so will; 
Nicht sehen will ich Menschen,
   Nicht sehen will ich Welt,
Allein seyn und denken,
   Ist was mir gefällt. 

Wenn Wehmuth mich quälet,
   Wenn Freude mich täuscht,
Und oft bittre Thränen 
   Mein Gram von mir heischt;
So trag' ich meine Leiden
   Geduldig allein,
Allein weiß ich ruhig
   Und standhaft zu seyn. 

Wie leicht sich die Seele
   Im Stillen erholt,
Wie sanft jede Stunde
   Zur Ewigkeit rollt;
Mein Wunsch, meine Wonne 
   Bist, Einsamkeit, du,
Und häuslicher Friede,
   Und ländliche Ruh.

Note: As a response to this poem (of an unknown author) Johann Karl Unger devised his Die Geselligkeit as a "counter-poem".

Composition:

    Set to music by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Die Einsamkeit" [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Die Einsamkeit"
  • possibly by Friedrich von Matthisson (1761 - 1831), "Die Einsamkeit"
  • sometimes misattributed to Johann Karl Unger (1771 - 1836)

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Solitude", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2017-09-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 108

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