Wer nie sein Brod [mit]1 Thränen aß,
Wer [nie die kummervollen Nächte]2
Auf seinem [Bette]3 weinend saß,
Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Mächte!
[ ... ]
J. Sibelius sets stanza 1
F. Lachner sets stanza 1
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Zweyter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 122; and with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Achtzehnter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1828, pages 217-218.
First published in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. Ein Roman. Herausgegeben von Goethe. Erster Band. Berlin. Bey Johann Friedrich Unger. 1795, page 346. The poem appears in Book 2, Chapter 13 of Goethe's novel.
See also Baggesen's parody, Leiden.
1 Lachner: "in"2 Lachner: "nicht die kummervollen Nächte, wer nicht in kummervollen Nächten"
3 Droste-Hülshoff: "Lager"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Harfenspieler", written <<1783, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jan Evangelista Nečas) , "Harfeník"
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Wie nooit zijn brood in tranen at", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "He who never ate his bread with tears", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation]
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Celui qui n'a jamais mangé son pain avec des larmes", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Chi non mangiò mai pane bagnato di lacrime", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 52
Ken kyynelin ei milloinkaan
leipäänsä syönyt, synkkään vaivaan
yöt tuijottanut vuoteellaan,
ei tunne teitä, vallat taivaan!
...
Composition:
- Set to music by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Ken kyynelin ei milloinkaan", op. 113 no. 7, stanza 1 [ tenor and organ or harmonium ], from Vapaamuurarirituaalimusiikkia mieskuorolle, pianolle ja uruille (Masonic ritual music), no. 7, also set in German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Eino Leino (1878 - 1926)
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Harfenspieler", written <<1783, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795
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Researcher for this page: Erkki Pullinen
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-01
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Word count: 32