Oh, that you were taken away | Oh, that you were taken away

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

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

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]

This text was added to the website: 2008-05-25
Line count: 20
Word count: 118

Oh, that you were taken away

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Hensel)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Oh, that you were taken away
Nevermore to return!
Since then all, all my happiness has been
Washed away by an ocean.

In vain I look toward the distant
Azure sky, calling to you.
Of all the stars only one
Answered: "He is with me!"

 ...

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

Title for F. Mendelssohn: "Lament for the Dead"

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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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This text was added to the website: 2013-10-03
Line count: 20
Word count: 137