Mijn hart is stil, door kou verstard (Schack, set by (Carl Noseda, Richard Georg Strauss)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Mein Herz ist stumm, mein Herz ist kalt

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE

Mein Herz ist stumm, mein Herz ist kalt,
Erstarrt in des Winters Eise;
Bisweilen in seiner Tiefe nur wallt
Und zittert und regt sich's leise.

Dann ist's, als ob ein mildes Tau'n
Die Decke des Frostes breche;
Durch grünende Wälder, blühende Au'n
Murmeln von neuem die Bäche.

Und Hörnerklang, von Blatt zu Blatt
[Im]¹ Frühlingswinde getragen,
Dringt aus den Schluchten ans Ohr mir matt,
Wie ein Ruf aus seligen Tagen.

Doch das alternde Herz wird jung nicht mehr,
Das Echo sterbenden [Schalles]²
Tönt ferner, immer ferner her,
Und wieder erstarrt liegt alles.

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¹ Strauss: "Vom"
² Strauss: "Schalls"

Authorship

by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), no title, appears in Lotosblätter, in 4. Verwehte Blätter, no. 22 [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 Carl Noseda , "Mein Herz ist stumm", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Mein Herz ist stumm, mein Herz ist kalt", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder aus "Lotosblätter" von Aldolf Friedrich Graf von Schack) no. 6, published 1888 [ high voice and piano ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "My heart is silent, my heart is cold", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "My heart, so sad", first published 1897
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 92

Mijn hart is stil, door kou verstard

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Mijn hart is stil, door kou verstard,
De winter verdreef het leven;
Soms echter roert zich van binnen dat hart
En beeft het, beweegt het even.

Dan is ‘t, alsof een milde dooi
De korst van het ijs zal breken;
In bossen en velden, groenend zo mooi
Murm’len opeens weer de beken.

Een klank van hoorns, van blad tot blad,
Door lentewinden gedragen,
Dringt uit de kloven, bereikt mij mat,
Als een roep uit heerlijke dagen.

Maar het oud’rende hart wordt jong niet meer;
De galm van wegstervend [schallen]¹ 
Klinkt verder, steeds nog verder weer:
En ’t al ligt weer star, vervallen.

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Translations of title(s):
"Mein Herz ist stumm" = "Mijn hart is stil"
"Mein Herz ist stumm, mein Herz ist kalt" = "Mijn hart is stil, door kou verstard"

¹ […] Bij Strauss te zingen op een kwart- en een achtste noot

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Adolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack (1815 - 1894), no title, appears in Lotosblätter, in 4. Verwehte Blätter, no. 22

This text was added to the website: 2018-11-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 102