Wenn ich mir in stiller Seele
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: DUT ENG FRE
Wenn ich mir in stiller Seele
Singe leise Lieder vor:
Wie ich fühle, daß sie fehle,
Die ich einzig [auserkohr]1;
Möcht' ich hoffen, daß sie sänge,
Was ich ihr so gern vertraut;
Ach! aus dieser Brust und Enge
Drängen frohe Lieder laut.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• F. Hensel About the headline (FAQ)
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Confirmed with Goethe's poetische und prosaische Werke,
Erster Band, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart,
1836, page 200.
Note (provided by Lau Kanen): Goethe dedicated ‘Wenn ich mir in stiller Seele’ to Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel in 1827.
1 Hensel: "mir erkohr"
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Wenn ich mir in stiller Seele", 1828, published 1999 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Oscar Niemann (1860 - 1893), "An die Entfernte", op. 3 no. 4, published 1904 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig; Senf [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Otto Nodnagel (1870 - 1909), "An die Entfernte", op. 23 no. 1, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Scheidegruss. Vier lyrische Recitative für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "When, in my quiet soul", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2008-06-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 43
Quand dans mon âme tranquille, pour moi
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Quand dans mon âme tranquille, pour moi
Je chante de doux chants,
Comme je sens qu'elle me manque,
Elle, la seule que j'avais choisie.
Si je pouvais espérer qu'elle chanterait
Ce que je lui ai confié si joyeusement,
Ah ! de cette poitrine et de cet espace limité,
Des chants joyeux éclateraient fort.
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Text Authorship:
- 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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This text was added to the website: 2014-05-07
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Word count: 52
