You accompany me through life

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

[No title]

(Sung text for setting by B. Bartók)

See original

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:

Béla Bartók

Liebeslieder

Text Authorship:

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "An die Melancholie", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte

See other settings of this text.

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

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

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 62

You accompany me through life

(Sung text translation for setting by B. Bartók)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

You accompany me to the grave,
Sombre melancholy!
If my star be radiantly in the ascendant,
If it sinks - you never leave me!

Oft you lead me into the rocky crags
Where the eagle dwells in solitude,
Fir trees stretch into the winds
And the forest river roars thunderously.

Then I think about my most beloved
my most beloved my tears break forth,
And upon your bosom then 
I lower my night-shrouded face.

About the headline (FAQ)

Translations of title(s):
"An die Melancholie" = "To melancholy"
"Die Melancholie" = "Melancholy"
"Melancholie (Steyrisch)" = "Melancholy (Styrian)"

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2021 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.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "An die Melancholie", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 78