Do not forsake me | Do not forsake me! you who now guides me

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by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Verlaß mich nicht! du, die mich nun...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Verlaß mich nicht! du, die mich nun geleitet,
Wohin mich ferner meine Füße tragen,
Vom Morgen an, bis mir die Sterne tagen,
Und durch die Nacht im Traume mich begleitet.
 
Verlaß mich nicht! Du die mir Ruh bereitet,
Den Frieden mir nach allem Mühn und Jagen,
Das Echo meiner Freuden, meiner Klagen,
Des stillen Seufzers, der der Brust entgleitet.
 
Ein Wunder hat dich her zu mir geführet,
Mein Morgenstern nach langem dunkeln Nachten,
Mein Abendstern am dunkeln Horizonte.
 
Wie einem Wandrer, nahe dem Verschmachten,
Ein Licht, ein Hoffnungsstrahl das Auge rühret,
So kamst du, da ich kaum noch hoffen konnte.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Klaus Groth's Gesammelte Werke, Vierter Band, Kiel und Leipzig: Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, 1904, pages 239-240

Text Authorship:

by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), "Sonett", written 1858 [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 Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Verlass mich nicht", op. 4 (Elf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1895 [ high voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Do not forsake me", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-08-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 100

Do not forsake me

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Do not forsake me! you who now guides me
Everywhere my feet shall henceforth take me,
From morning until the stars rise for me,
And who accompanies me through the night in my dreams.
 
Do not forsake me! you who gave me rest,
Gave me peace after all toil and hastening,
The echo of my joys, my lamentations,
The quiet sigh that slips from out my breast.
 
A miracle has led you to me,
My morning star after long, dark benightment,
My evening star upon the dark horizon.
 
As a wanderer, close to perishing,
Finds his eyes touched by a light, a beam of hope,
Thus you came, when I was almost past all hope.

Translated titles:
"Sonett" = "Sonnet"
"Verlass mich nicht" = "Do not forsake me"

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), "Sonett", written 1858
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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 115