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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Sehnsucht
 (Sung text for setting by H. von Herzogenberg)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Der Tag wird kühl, der Tag wird blaß,
Die Vögel streifen übers Gras.
Ei wie die Halme schwanken,
Vor ihrer Flügel Wanken
Und leise wehn ohn' Unterlaß.

Und Abends spät die Liebe weht
ob meines Herzens Blumenbeet.
Das ist ein heimlich Beben,
Und süße Gedanken weben
Sich in mein tiefstes Nachtgebet.

Du fernes Herz, komm zu mir bald,
Sonst werden wir beide grau und alt,
Sonst wächst in meinem Herzen 
Viel Unkraut und viel Schmerzen;
Da wird's den Blumen gar zu kalt!

Composition:

    Set to music by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Sehnsucht", op. 98 no. 4, published 1897 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella (SMzA) ], from Sechs Mädchenlieder für dreistimmigen Frauenchor (Sopran, Mezzo-Sopran und Alt) mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Der Jungbrunnen: Neue Märchen von einem fahrenden Schüler, in Das Märchen von der guten Seele, first published 1850

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The day grows cool", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (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: 15
Word count: 82

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