She loves me not | Away, my eye! In that valley’s expanse

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by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sie liebt mich nicht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Hinweg, mein Aug'! In jener Thalesweite
  Erlosch das Licht.
Einsame Qual, komm du mein Nachtgeleite,
  Sie liebt mich nicht!

Was Menschen je mit Freud' und Lust empfanden 
  Vergaß ich schier,
Mein Stolz, und all mein Wesen ward zu Schanden,
  Was wird aus mir?

Muß ich für ewig unauflösbar wähnen
  Dies Schmerzgewicht?
Dem Aug' entstürzt ein Strom von heißen Thränen --
  Sie liebt mich nicht!

Confirmed with Gedichte von Otto Roquette. Des Liederbuches zweite, durchaus veränderte und vermehrte Auflage, Stuttgart. J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1859, p. 83

Text Authorship:

by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), "Sie liebt mich nicht", appears in Herbstlese [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 Eggers (1835 - 1861), "Sie liebt mich nicht", op. 9 (Drei Gesänge) no. 2, published 1862 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Pohlig , "Sie liebt mich nicht", op. 2 ([17] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ), Heft 3 (Fünf Lieder ) no. 3, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Kassel, Voigt [sung text not yet checked]
by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Sie liebt mich nicht!", op. 56 no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "She loves me not", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 63

She loves me not

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Away, my eye! In that valley’s expanse
  The light has been extinguished.
Lonely agony, come, you companion of my nights,
  She loves me not!

What people ever felt with happiness and joy,
  I have almost completely forgotten,
My pride and all my being has been ruined,
  What shall become of me?

Must I forever ineluctably be fated to imagine
  The weight of this pain?
From my eyes plunges a torrent of hot tears --
  She loves me not!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), "Sie liebt mich nicht", appears in Herbstlese
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This text was added to the website: 2017-09-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 77