by Johann Nepomuk Vogl (1802 - 1866)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ob sie meiner noch gedenkt!
 (Sung text for setting by J. Lang)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ob sie meiner wohl gedenkt,
Nun von ihr mich losgerissen,
Ach, dieß Eine möcht' ich wissen:
Ob sie meiner noch gedenkt?!

Ob sie nach dem Pfad wohl blicket,
Den ich ging in heißen Thränen,
Ob sie wohl mit leisem Sehnen
Nach dem öden Pfade blickt?

Ob sie meiner wohl gedenkt,
Nun von ihr mich losgerissen,
Ach, dieß Eine möcht' ich wissen:
Ob sie meiner noch gedenkt?!

 ... 

Ach, so zieh' in Gram versenkt
Weiter ich mit jedem Tage,
In dem Mund die bange Frage:
Ob sie meiner noch gedenkt?!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,1,3 of the original text.

Notes: Lang has two settings of this text, with different changes in wording relating to the repetitions, as follows:
Stanza 1, line 1, word 5 becomes "gedenket" in the repetition of both versions, but in the first version only, it is "gedenket" the first time as well.
Stanza 1, line 4, word 4 ("noch") is "wohl" the first time in the second setting (only), but "noch" in the repetition.
Stanza 3, line 4, word 4 ("noch") is "wohl" the first time in the first setting, but "noch" when the text is repeated; and in the second setting, it is "wohl" only when repeated.

Composition:

    Set to music by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Ob sie meiner noch gedenkt!", 1836, stanzas 1,2,1,3 [ voice and piano ], unpublished song

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Word count: 73

Does she perhaps think of me!
 (Sung text translation for setting by J. Lang)
 See original
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Does she perhaps think of me,
Now that I have torn myself away from her;
Ah, I would like to know this one thing:
Does she perhaps think of me?!

Does she perhaps look toward the path
That I walked in hot tears,
Does she perhaps with quiet yearning
Look toward the desolate path?

Does she perhaps think of me,
Now that I have torn myself away from her;
Ah, I would like to know this one thing:
Does she perhaps think of me?!

 ... 

Ah, thus I wander, sunk in misery,
Farther away with every day,
In my mouth the anxious question:
Does she perhaps think of me?!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,1,3 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Sharon Krebs, (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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This text was added to the website: 2023-01-03
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Word count: 82