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Über die Berge Zieht ihr fort; Kommt an manchen Grünen Ort, Muß zurücke Ganz allein; Lebet wohl! Es muß so seyn. Scheiden, Meiden, Was man liebt, [O]1 wie wird Das Herz betrübt! [Wald und Hügel, Seenspiegel -]2 Schwinden all'; Hör' verschwimmen Eurer Stimmen Wiederhall. [Scheiden, Meiden, Was man liebt, O wie wird Das Herz betrübt!]3
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, pages 15-16.
Note: Schubert received Mayrhofer's texts generally in handwriting; the printed edition of Mayrhofer's poems appeared much later and presents the texts usually in a revised version.
1 Schubert: "Ach"2 Schubert: "O Seenspiegel, / Wald und Hügel"
3 Schubert: "Lebt wohl! / Klingt klagevoll. / Ach wie wird / Das Herz betrübt! / Scheiden, / Meiden, / Was man liebt."
Authorship
- by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Lunz" [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Abschied", subtitle: "Nach einer Wallfahrtsarie bearbeitet", D. 475 (1816), published 1885. [voice, piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Comiat", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Afscheid", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Farewell", copyright ©
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Adieu", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Addio", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2017-08-08 15:22:49
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Word count: 55
Over the mountains You are setting off; You will come to many Green places, [I] have to go back Completely alone; Farewell! This is how it has to be. Parting Avoiding What one loves, Oh how Distressed the heart is becoming! Oh, the lake-mirror, Forest and hills, They are all disappearing; [I] can hear the decay Of your voices' Echo. Fare well! Ring out full of lamenting. Oh how Distressed the heart is becoming! Parting, Avoiding What one loves.
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Translations of title(s):
"Lunz" = "Lunz"
"Abschied" = "Farewell"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by Malcolm Wren, (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 Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Lunz"
Text added to the website: 2018-01-14 00:00:00
Last modified: 2018-01-14 15:25:46
Line count: 26
Word count: 79