Songless was I | Songless and oppressed was I

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Leonard Lehrman

Gesanglos war ich

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Gesanglos war ich und beklommen
So lange Zeit - nun dicht ich wieder!
Wie Tränen, die uns plötzlich kommen,
So kommen plötzlich auch die Lieder.

Melodisch kann ich wieder klagen
Von großem Lieben, größerm Leiden,
Von Herzen, die sich schlecht vertragen
Und dennoch brechen, wenn sie scheiden.

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Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Katharina, no. 9

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ENG English (Leonard Lehrman) , "Songless was I", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Songless was I

(Sung text translation for setting by L. Lehrman)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Songless and oppressed was I
So long - now once again I versify!
And just as, suddenly, to us come tears
So, suddenly, do also songs appear.

Again I can lament melodically
Upon great loves, and woes more great,
And hearts that never can agree,
And yet break, when they separate.

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