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by Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff (1799 - 1851)

Warum so fern
 (Sung text for setting by B. Molique)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Warum bist du so ferne?
O mein Lieb!
Es leuchten mild die Sterne
O mein Lieb!
Der Mond will schon sich neigen
In seinem stillen Reigen.
Gute Nacht, mein süßes Lieb,
O mein Lieb!

  Es rauschen sanft die Wogen,
O mein Lieb!
Gleich ihnen fortgezogen,
Bist du, Lieb!
Ich wandle stumm im Haine
Und klag's dem Mondenscheine.
Gute Nacht, mein süßes Lieb!
O mein Lieb!

  Es regen sich im Herzen,
O mein Lieb!
Die alten, bösen Schmerzen,
O mein Lieb!
Sie freuen und sie kränken,
Denn ich muß dein gedenken,
O mein fernes, süßes Lieb!
O mein Lieb!

Composition:

    Set to music by (Wilhelm) Bernhard Molique (1802 - 1869), "Warum so fern", op. 23 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 3, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Allgemeine Musikhandlung

Text Authorship:

  • by Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff (1799 - 1851), "In der Ferne"

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2011-07-21
Line count: 24
Word count: 106

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