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Wehmuth, die mich hüllt, Welche Gottheit stillt Mein unendlich Sehnen? Die ihr meine Wimper näßt, Namenlosen Gram entpreßt, Fliesset, fliesset Thränen! Mond, der lieb und traut In mein Fenster schaut, Sage, was mir fehle? Sterne, die ihr droben blinkt, Holden Gruß mir freundlich winkt, Nennt mir, was mich quäle. Leise [Schauer wehn]1, Süsses [Liebeflehn]2 Girrt um mich im Düstern. Rosen und Violenduft Würzen rings die Zauberluft, Holde Stimmen flüstern. In die Ferne strebt! Wie auf Flügeln schwebt Mein erhöhtes Wesen. Fremder Zug, geheime Kraft, Namenlose Leidenschaft, Laß, ach laß genesen! Aengstender beklemmt Mich die Wehmuth, hemmt Athem mir und Rede. Einsam schmachten, o der Pein! O des Grams, allein zu seyn In des Lebens Oede. Ist denn ach kein Arm, Der in Freud' und Harm Liebend mich umschlösse? Ist denn ach kein fühlend Herz, Keines, drinn in Lust und Schmerz Meines sich ergösse? Die ihr einsam klagt, Einsam wenn es tagt, Einsam wenn es nachtet. Ungeströstet ach, verächzt Ihr das holde Daseyn, lechzt, Schmachtet und verschmachtet.
Confirmed with L.T.Kosegarten's Poesieen, Neueste Auflage, Dritter Band, Berlin 1803, pages 12-14. This is the source used by Schubert. Kosegarten's poem is slightly different in later editions; it has the title "Sehnsucht" (see below).
1 Kosegarten (Leipzig 1802 and Berlin 1803 editions): "Schauerwehn" (misprint?)2 Schubert: "Liebesflehn"
Text Authorship:
- by Ludwig Gotthard Theobul Kosegarten (1758 - 1818), "Das Sehnen" [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), "Das Sehnen", op. posth. 172 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, D 231 (1815), published 1866 [sung text checked 1 time]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L'anhel", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De hunkering", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Longing", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Lau Kanen [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 42
Word count: 169
La melangia m’embolcalla, quina divinitat pot apaivagar el meu anhel sense límits? Humiteja les meves parpelles, m’oprimeix amb un rosec indicible, oh llàgrimes, vesseu, vesseu! Lluna, que amorosa i tendrament esguardes a la meva finestra, digues, què és el que em manca? Estrelles que brilleu allà dalt i amicalment em saludeu amb encís, feu-me saber el que em turmenta. Maldant en la llunyania, com damunt ales flotant, es troba el meu enaltit ésser. Impuls aliè, poder secret, passió sense nom, deixeu-me, ai, deixeu-me guarir!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2018 by Salvador Pila, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ludwig Gotthard Theobul Kosegarten (1758 - 1818), "Das Sehnen"
This text was added to the website: 2018-03-15
Line count: 18
Word count: 84