by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Ferne
 (Sung text for setting by F. Hensel)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG FRE
O alte Heimat süß!
Wo find' ich wieder dich?
Welch ein Qual ist dies?
Warum verfolgst du mich?
Warum ertötest mich?

O ferner Liebesschein,
Glimmst wieder nach mir her?
Soll dies mein Glücke sein?
Mir fällt das Leid zu schwer, --
Wer denkt wohl meiner, wer?

Bald such' ich Linderung 
Bei dir, o Tränenguß; 
Denk' dann, es ist genug,
Dann denk' ich ihren Kuß
Und daß ich wandern muß, --

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.

Composition:

    Set to music by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Ferne", op. posth. 9 no. 2 (1823), published 1850, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Distance", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au loin", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 90

Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
O ancient homeland sweet!
Where will I find you again?
What pain this is!
Why do you pursue me?
Why do you mortify me?

O distant glow of love,
will you glimmer again after me?
Should this be my happiness?
I feel this sorrow is too heavy for me;
Who is thinking of me - who?

Soon I shall seek relief 
in you, o gush of tears; 
I shall then think it is enough,
Then I'll think of her kiss -
and that I must keep wandering far away.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 87