by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation Singable translation by Jos. Van de Vijver
Was will die einsame Thräne?
Language: German (Deutsch)
Was will die einsame Thräne?
Sie trübt mir ja den Blick.
Sie blieb aus alten Zeiten
In meinem Auge zurück.
[ ... ]
F. Van der Stucken sets stanza 1
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Buch der Lieder von Heinrich Heine, Sechsundfünfzigste Auflage (56th edition), Hamburg, Hoffmann und Campe, 1887, page 147. Note: in this edition, the poem is number 29.
Modern German would change "Thräne" to "Träne".
1 Franz: "hat"2 Cornelius: "die"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), title 1: "Was will die einsame Träne", title 2: "Was will die einsame Thräne?", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 27
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Marta Garcia Cadena) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Wat wil het eenzame traantje?", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "What does this solitary tear mean?", copyright ©
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Que veut cette larme solitaire", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Cosa vuole questa lacrima solitaria?", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Eenzame traan See base text
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)
Wat wil die eenzame traandrop
Die thans mijn blik bezwaart?
Hij bleef uit oude tijden
Daar in mijn oog nog bewaard.
...
Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929), "Eenzame traan", op. 17 (Acht Lieder) no. 2, stanza 1, also set in German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Jos. Van de Vijver
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), title 1: "Was will die einsame Träne", title 2: "Was will die einsame Thräne?", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 27
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-15
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