Der Wanderer | Amor trat einst ins Herz mir ein

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by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

The wayfarer

Language: English

Our translations: GER

Love entered in my heart one day,
      A sad, unwelcome guest;
But when he begged that he might stay,
      I let him wait and rest.

He broke my sleep with sorrowing,
      And shook my dreams with tears,
And when my heart was fain to sing,
      He stilled its joy with fears.

But now that he has gone his way,
      I miss the old sweet pain,
And sometimes in the night I pray
      That he may come again.

Text Authorship:

by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "The wayfarer", appears in Helen of Troy and Other Poems, first published 1911 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Seymour Barab (1921 - 2014), "The wayfarer", published 1970 [ SSA chorus and piano ], from First Person Feminine, no. 4, Boosey and Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Wanderer", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 77

Der Wanderer

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Amor trat einst ins Herz mir ein,
     ein schlimmer, unerbet'ner Gast;
doch als er bat, drin zu verweil'n,
     ließ ich ihn dort, lud ihn zur Rast.

Er störte mir den Schlaf mit Leid,
     rief Träume tränenreich,
und als mein Herz ward jubelweit,
     schloss er's mit Furcht sogleich.

Doch nun, da er sich fortgemacht,
     fehlt mir sein süßer Schmerz,
und manchmal bet ich in der Nacht:
     "Komm wieder in mein Herz".

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in English by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "The wayfarer", appears in Helen of Troy and Other Poems, first published 1911
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 70