De Erwin et Elmire | Troubles intimes

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Aus Erwin und Elmire

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Erwin
 Inneres Wühlen
 Ewig zu fühlen,
 Immer verlangen, 
 Nimmer erlangen,
 Fliehen und Streben,
 Sterben und Leben, --
 Höllische Qual
 Endig' einmal!

Confirmed with Goethe's Werke nach den vorzüglichsten Quellen revidirte Ausgabe, Dritter Theil, Gedichte, herausgegeben und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von Dr. Fr. Strehlke, Berlin, Gustav Hempel, 1868, page 71.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), appears in Erwin und Elmire [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 Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Aus Erwin und Elmire", op. 6 no. 6, from Neun Lieder von W. Goethe, no. 6, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Aus Erwin und Elmire", op. 25 no. 10, published 1919 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "De Erwin et Elmire", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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De Erwin et Elmire

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Erwin
  Troubles intimes,
  Toujours à ressentir,
  Toujours exiger,
  Jamais satisfaits,
  Fuir et aspirer,
  Mourir et vivre,
  Tourment infernal
  Sans fin à jamais !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), appears in Erwin und Elmire
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This text was added to the website: 2015-09-09
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Word count: 22