O dat jij weg moest uit het leven

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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Totenklage

(Sung text for setting by F. Hensel)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE

O daß du wardst hinweggenommen,
Zu kehren nimmermehr zurück!
Von einem Meere fortgeschwommen
Ist seitdem all mein, all mein Glück!

Vergebens blick' ich nach dem fernen
Azurnen Himmel, rufend dir. 
Antwortete von all den Sternen
Doch einer nur: "Er ist bei mir!"

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Confirmed with Kerners Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 212.

Composition:

Fanny Hensel

Text Authorship:

by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte, in Des Bruders Tod, no. 3

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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Oh, that you were taken away", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Plainte sur les morts", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

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Dodenklacht

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Hensel)

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Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

O dat jij weg moest uit het leven,
Om nooit te keren meer terug!
Door één tsunami weggedreven
Is sindsdien van mij elk geluk!

Wanhopig kijk ik naar de verre
Azuren hemel, roepend jou.
Gaf antwoord toch van alle sterren
Mij eentje maar: ‘Hier is hij, vrouw!’

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte, in Des Bruders Tod, no. 3
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