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Gefrorne Tropfen fallen Von meinen Wangen ab: [Und ist's]1 mir denn entgangen, Daß ich geweinet hab'? Ei Thränen, meine Thränen, Und seid ihr gar so lau, Daß ihr erstarrt zu Eise, Wie kühler Morgenthau? Und dringt doch aus der Quelle Der Brust so glühend heiß, Als wolltet ihr zerschmelzen Des ganzen Winters Eis.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Zweites Bändchen. Deßau 1824. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, page 80; and with Urania. Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1823. Neue Folge, fünfter Jahrgang. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1823, page 212.
First published in Urania (see above) as no. 3 of Wanderlieder von Wilhelm Müller. Die Winterreise. In 12 Liedern.
Note for stanza 3, line 1: in the repetition, "Und" becomes "Ihr" in Schubert's song.
1 Müller (Urania), and Schubert: "Ob es"Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Gefrorene Thränen", written 1821-1822, appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Die Winterreise, no. 3, first published 1823 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Reiner Bredemeyer (1929 - 1995), "Gefrorene Tränen", 1984, first performed 1985 [ baritone, horn, and piano ], from Die Winterreise, no. 3, VEB Deutscher Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Gefrorne Tränen", op. 89 no. 3, D 911 no. 3 (1827), published 1828 [ voice and piano ], from Winterreise, no. 3, Haslinger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes (Hans) Wolfgang Zender (b. 1936), "Gefrorene Tränen", 1993 [ tenor and small orchestra ], from Schuberts Winterreise, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Llàgrimes gelades", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jelle Leistra) , "Bevroren tranen", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Bevroren tranen", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Arthur Rishi) , "Frozen tears", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Frozen tears", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (David Paley) , "Frozen tears", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Jäätyneet kyyneleet", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Larmes gelées", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRI Frisian [singable] (Pieter Wiersma) , "Beferzen Triennen", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Ehud Shapiro) , "דמעות קפואות", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "דמעות קפואות", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Lacrime di ghiaccio", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "얼어버린 눈물", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Paulo Albuquerque de Noronha) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 53
טיפות קפואות צונחות מלחיי מטה. האם בכיתי ורק נעלם ממני הדבר? דמעות, דמעותיי, למרות שאתן כה פושרות, מיד תהפכנה קרח כמו טל הבוקר הצונן. ועדיין נביעתכן מחזי כה בוערת בחמה כאילו רוצות אתן להמיס את כל קרח החורף.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Hebrew (עברית) copyright © 2014 by Max Mader, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Gefrorene Thränen", written 1821-1822, appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 2, in Die Winterreise, no. 3, first published 1823
This text was added to the website: 2014-03-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 39