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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Die Welt treibt fort ihr Wesen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Die Welt treibt fort ihr Wesen,
Die Leute kommen und gehen,
Als wärst du nie gewesen,
Als wäre nichts geschehn.
 
Wie sehen ich mich aufs neue
Hinaus in Wald und Flur!
Ob ich mich gräm', mich freue,
Du bleibst mir treu, Natur.
 
Da klagt vor tiefem Sehnen
Schluchzend die Nachtigall,
Es schimmern rings von Thränen
Die Blumen überall.
 
Und über alle Gipfel
Und Blütenthäler zieht
Durch stillen Waldes Wipfel
Ein heimlich Klagelied.
 
Da spür' ich's recht im Herzen,
Daß du's, Herr, draußen bist -
Du weißt's, wie mir von Schmerzen
Mein Herz zerrissen ist!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's sämtliche poetische Werke, dritte Auflage, Erster Band, Gedichte, C. F. Amelang's Verlag, Leipzig, 1883.

Note: modern spelling would change "Thränen" to "Tränen" and "Blütenthäler" to "Blütentäler".

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 7 [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 (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Nach Jahren", op. 105 no. 5, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Elegische Gesänge (Zweite Folge) : aus dem Cyklus "Auf meines Kindes Tod" von J. v. Eichendorff für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-04-04
Line count: 20
Word count: 93

Le monde continue de vaquer à ses...
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Le monde continue de vaquer à ses affaires,
Les gens vont et viennent,
Comme si tu n'avais jamais existé,
Comme si rien ne s'était passé.

Comme je languis d'être à nouveau
Dans la forêt et la campagne !
Même si j'ai du chagrin, je suis heureux
Que tu me restes fidèle, Nature.

Alors que le rossignol en sanglots
Gémit sa profonde nostalgie, 
Les fleurs aux alentours
Brillent de l'éclat des larmes.

Et sur tous les sommets
Et toutes les vallées fleuries,
Parmi les cimes silencieuses de la forêt
Passe une secrète lamentation.

Alors je sens au fond de mon cœur
Que tu es là Seigneur, dehors,
Que tu sais combien mon cœur
Est déchiré par la douleur !

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Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Pierre Mathé, (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 Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 7
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This text was added to the website: 2014-12-15
Line count: 20
Word count: 116

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