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Dies [eine]1 kann mein Sehnen nimmer fassen, daß nun von mir zu dir kein Weg mehr führe, daß du vorübergehst an meiner Türe in ferne, stumme, ungekannte Gassen. Wär' es mein Wunsch, daß mir dein Bild erbleiche, wie Sonnenglanz, von Nebeln aufgetrunken, wie einer Landschaft frohes Bild, versunken im glatten Spiegel abendstiller Teiche? Der Regen fällt. Die müden Bäume triefen. Wie welkes Laub verwehn viel Sonnenstunden. Noch hab' ich in mein Los mich nicht gefunden und seines Dunkels uferlose Tiefen.
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Authorship
- by Edith Ronsperger (1880 - 1921) [author's text not yet checked 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 Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), "Dies eine kann mein Sehnen nimmer fassen", op. 14 no. 2 (1918), from Lieder des Abschieds, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz (August Julius) Schreker (1878 - 1934), "Dies aber kann mein Sehnen nimmer fassen", 1909, from Fünf Gesänge für eine Singstimme und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mon désir ne peut jamais comprendre ceci", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 80
Mon désir ne peut jamais comprendre ceci : Que maintenant de moi à toi plus aucun chemin ne mène, Que tu passes devant ma porte Dans des passages lointains, silencieux, inconnus. Que ton image pâlisse pour moi, Comme l'éclat du soleil, absorbé par la brume, Comme une image joyeuse d'un paysage, noyé Dans le miroir lisse d'étangs dans le calme du crépuscule. La pluie tombe. Les arbres fatigués gouttent. Comme des feuilles fanées, les nombreuses heures ensoleillées s'enfuient. Avec mon sort je ne suis pas encore réconcilié Ni avec ses profondeurs sombres et sans limite.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Guy Laffaille, (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.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Edith Ronsperger (1880 - 1921)
This text was added to the website: 2014-01-25
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