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Sei mir gegrüßt!
Linderndes Öl im Sturme der Schmerzen,
Nahe dich tröstend dem wunden Herzen,
Bringe dem starren verzagenden Blick
Friede zurück!
Note: the text above is taken from stanza 2 of the original text.
Note: modernized spelling would change "Thräne" to "Träne", "Thau" to "Tau", etc.
Composition:
Set to music by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "An die Thräne", 1838, published 1840/1, stanza 2 [ voice and piano ], München: K. b. Hof Musikalien-Handlung von Falter & Sohn und Jos. Aibl (also published posthumously Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1882)
Text Authorship:
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To tears", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Senior Associate Editor]This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Greetings to you,
Healing oil in the storm of pain,
Come comfortingly to my wounded heart!
To my benumbed, despairing gaze
Bring back peace.
Note: the text above is taken from stanza 2 of the original text.
Updated November 11, 2011
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2006 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.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Erdmann Hunger (1801 - 1825), "An die Thräne"
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This text was added to the website: 2006-04-20
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