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by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden

(Sung text for setting by C. Weber)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA LIT TUR

Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden,
Die durch meinen Busen ziehn?
Alle alten Wünsche scheiden,
Tausend neue Blumen blühn.

Durch die Dämmerung der Tränen
Seh' ich neue Sonnen stehn, -
Welches Schmachten! welches Sehnen!
Wag' ich's? soll ich näher gehn?

Ach, und fällt die Träne nieder,
Ist es dunkel um mich her;
Dennoch kömmt kein Wunsch mir wieder,
Erde ist von Hoffnung leer.

So schlage denn, sterbendes Herz,
So fließet denn, Tränen, hinab,
Ach, Lust ist nur tieferer Schmerz,
Leben ist dunkeles Grab, -

Ohne Verschulden
Soll ich's erdulden?
Wie ist's, daß mir im Traum
Alle Gedanken
Auf und nieder schwanken!
Ich kenne mich noch kaum.

O, hört mich, ihr gütigen Sterne,
O höre mich, weite Nature,
Hört den ernsten Schwur:
Bleib' ich ihr ferne,
Sterb' ich gerne.
Ach, nur ihrem Blick
Wohnt Leben und Hoffnung und Glück!

Composition:

Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) von Weber

Text Authorship:

by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 4, chapter heading: "Peter sieht die schöne Magelone"

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Són dolors o són alegries", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Are they sorrows or are they joys", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sono dolori, sono gioie", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Ar tai skausmas, ar tai džiaugsmas", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
TUR Turkish (Türkçe) (Gül Sabar) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Are they sorrows or are they joys

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Weber)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Are they sorrows or are they joys
Which tug at my breast?
All the old desires leave;
A thousand new flowers bloom.

Through the dusk of tears
I see new suns standing, -
What languishing, what longing! 
Do I dare? Shall I move closer?

Ah, and when my tears are falling,
It is dark around me;
Yet if my desires do not return,
The future^2, is empty of hope.

So beat then, my dying heart,
So flow out then, my tears,
Ah, joy is only a deeper pain,
Life is a dark grave, -

Without guilt,
Should I then suffer?
How is it that in my dreams
All my thoughts
Tremble up and down?
I scarcely know myself any more.

O, hear me, kindly stars,
O hear me, wide Nature,
Hear the serious oath:
If I remain far from her,
I will die gladly.
Ah, only her gaze
Dwell life and hope and happiness!

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 4, chapter heading: "Peter sieht die schöne Magelone"
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