Διάλειμμα | Το λαούτο μου έχω κρεμάσει στον τοίχο

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827)

Translation © by Athanasios Papaisiou

Pause

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE GRE ITA KOR POR

Meine Laute hab' ich gehängt an die Wand,
Hab' sie umschlungen mit einem grünen Band -
Ich kann nicht mehr singen, mein Herz ist zu voll,
Weiß nicht, wie ich's in Reime zwingen soll.
Meiner Sehnsucht allerheißesten Schmerz
Durft' ich aushauchen in [Liederscherz]¹,
Und wie ich klagte so süß und fein,
[Meint']² ich doch, mein Leiden wär' nicht klein.
Ei, wie groß ist wohl meines Glückes Last,
Daß kein Klang auf Erden es in sich faßt?

Nun, liebe Laute, ruh' an dem Nagel hier!
Und weht ein Lüftchen über die Saiten dir,
Und streift eine Biene mit ihren Flügeln dich,
Da wird [mir]³ bange und es durchschauert mich.
Warum ließ ich das Band auch hängen so lang?
Oft fliegt's um die Saiten mit seufzendem Klang.
Ist es der Nachklang meiner Liebespein?
Soll es das Vorspiel neuer Lieder sein?

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Schubert

View original text (without footnotes)

Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Erstes Bändchen. Zweite Auflage. Deßau 1826. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, page 28; and with Sieben und siebzig Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Dessau, 1821. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, page 29.

¹ Schubert (by mistake?): "Liederschmerz"
² Schubert: "Glaubt'"
³ Schubert: "mir so"

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Pause", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 14, first published 1821 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Pause", op. 25 no. 12, D 795 no. 12 (1823), from Die schöne Müllerin, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Pausa", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Pauze", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Pause", copyright ©
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Tauko", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pause", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , "Διάλειμμα", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Pausa", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "멈춤*", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POR Portuguese (Português) (Caê Vieira) , "Pausa", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 137

Diáleimma

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) after the German (Deutsch)

To laoýto moy échō kremásei ston toícho,
To échō tylíxei me mía prásinī kordéla-
Den mporṓ pia na tragoydṓ, ī kardiá moy eínai polý gemátī,
Den xérō pṓs na tīn strimṓxō mésa se stíchoys.
Tīs nostalgías moy ton pio kaytó póno
Mpóresa na svī́sō se paichnidiárika tragoýdia,
Kai kathṓs paraponiómoyn tóso glyká kai eygeniká,
Písteya tóte pōs o pónos moy den ī́tan mikrós.
Ō, póso megálo eínai árage to fortío tīs eytychías moy,
Poy kanénas ī́chos stīn gī den mporeí na to kratī́sei?

Tṓra, agapīméno laoýto, īsýchase s' aytó edṓ to karfí!
Kai ótan fysáei éna aeráki mésa apó tis chordés soy,
Kai se aggízei mía mélissa me ta fterá tīs,
Moy prokaleí tósī anīsychía, kai rígos me diaperná.
Giatí áfīsa tīn kordéla na krémetai tóson kairó?
Sychná petáei gýrō apó tis chordés me ī́choys anastenagmṓn.
Eínai aytós o apóīchos toy kaīmoý tīs agápīs moy?
Mī́pōs prépei na eínai to prooímio néōn tragoydiṓn?

Show a transliteration: DIN | ISO 843

Note on Transliterations

Show untransliterated (original) text

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Greek (Ελληνικά) copyright © 2014 by Athanasios Papaisiou, (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.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Pause", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 14, first published 1821
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2014-07-24
Line count: 18
Word count: 153