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by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838)

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by F. Dressler)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Was ist's, o Vater, was ich verbrach?
Du brichst mir das Herz und fragst nicht darnach.

Ich hab ihm entsagt nach deinem Befehl,
Doch nicht ihn vergessen, ich hab es nicht Hehl.

Noch lebt er in mir, ich selbst bin tot,
Und über mich schaltet dein strenges Gebot.

Wann Herz und Wille gebrochen sind
Bittet um eins noch dein armes Kind.

Wann bald mein müdes Auge sich schließt,
Und Tränen vielleicht das deine vergeißt;

An der Kirchwand dort, beim Hollunderstrauch,
Wo die Mutter liegt, da lege mich auch.

Composition:

    Set to music by Friedrich August Dressler (1827 - 1862), no title, op. 9 no. 1, published 1887 [ alto and piano ], from Thränen. Lieder-Cyclus von Adalbert [sic] von Chamisso componiert für eine Altstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin: R. Sulzer

Text Authorship:

  • by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Tränen, no. 1

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

  • ENG English (Rufus Hallmark) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Lewis Novra)
  • ENG English [singable] (Virginia Woods)
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Peter Donderwinkel

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 88

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