by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE FRE
Du geleitest mich zum Grabe,
Düstere Melancholie!
Mag mein Stern sich strahlend heben,
Mag er sinken - weichest nie!

Führst mich oft in Felsenklüfte,
Wo der Adler einsam haust,
Tannen starren in die Lüfte
Und der Waldstrom donnernd braust.

Meiner Liebsten dann gedenk' ich,
Wild hervor dann die Thräne bricht,
Und an deinen Busen senk' ich
Mein umnachtet Angesicht.

Composition:

    Set to music by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945), no title, 1900, published 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 3, Published as a facsimile of the manuscript, Homosassa, Florida: Bartók Records, ed. Ference Bónis

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À la mélancolie", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La mélancolie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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