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Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt Weiß, was ich leide! Allein und abgetrennt Von aller Freude Seh ich an's Firmament Nach jener Seite. Ach, der mich liebt und kennt, Ist in der Weite. Es schwindelt mir, es brennt Mein Eingeweide. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt Weiß, was ich leide!
First published in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. Ein Roman. Herausgegeben von Goethe. Zweyter Band. Berlin. Bei Johann Friedrich Unger. 1795, pages 265-266. The poem appears in Book 4, Chapter 11 of Goethe's novel.
Composition:
- Set to music by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Sehnsucht", Z 120 no. 5 (1795), published 1821 [ voice and piano ], from 12 Lieder, no. 5
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1785, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jan Evangelista Nečas) , "Táž"
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Slechts wie de hunk'ring kent", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (David Paley) , "Only my yearning shows", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Solo chi conosce la nostalgia", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Ana Vargas) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Mercedes Vivas) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- TUR Turkish (Türkçe) (Gül Sabar) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
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Word count: 54
Cé eile a thuigeann cumha Cumha atá cráite! Scartha is ‘mithe amú Níl séan i ndán dom. Féachaim sna spéartha thuas Féachaim le díograis Eisean atá im’ chroí Tá ar an gcoigríoch. Le corrabhuais, le cumha Lasann mo chroí istigh. Cé eile a thuigeann cumha Cumha atá cráite.
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Irish (Gaelic) copyright © 2020 by Gabriel Rosenstock.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1785, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795
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