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by Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz (1796 - 1869)

Sehnsucht
 (Sung text for setting by A. Schoenberg)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Als mein Auge sie fand
Und mein Herz sie erkannt,
O, wie glühte die Brust
Von Entzücken, von Lust!

Wie voll Düfte die Au,
Und der Himmel, wie blau,
Und der Wald voll Gesang,
Und die Lüfte voll Klang!

Ohne sie, wie so kalt,
Und die Welt, wie so alt,
Und die Erde, wie leer,
Und das Herz, ach, so schwer!

Note: Marschner's score gives the singer the option to replace "sie" with "ihn" in stanza 1, line 1, word 4; stanza 1, line 2, word 4; stanza 3, line 1, word 2.

Composition:

    Set to music by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Sehnsucht", 1896

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz (1796 - 1869), "Sehnsucht", appears in Gedichte, first published 1859

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2009-05-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

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