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Der Strom, der neben mir verrauschte, wo ist er nun? Der Vogel, dessen Lied ich lauschte, wo ist er nun? Wo ist die Rose, die die Freundin am Herzen trug? Und jener Kuß, der mich berauschte, wo ist er nun? Und jener Mensch, der ich gewesen, und den ich längst Mit einem andern ich vertauschte, wo ist er nun?
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Authorship
- by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), appears in Gedichte, in Ghaselen, no. 17, first published 1821 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Der Strom, der neben mir verrauschte", op. 32 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge) no. 4 (1864), published 1865 [voice and piano], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [text verified 1 time]
- by Friedrich von Kerstorf , "Ghasele", published 1874 [voice and piano], from Zwölf deutsche Lieder, für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [text not verified]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "The stream that rolled past me", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title unknown, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title unknown, copyright © 2014, (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.
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Word count: 59
The stream that rolled past me, where is it now? The bird to whose song I listened, where is it now? Where is the rose that my sweetheart wore on her heart? And that kiss that intoxicated me, where is it now? And that man that I once was, whom long ago I exchanged for another self - where is he now?
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), appears in Gedichte, in Ghaselen, no. 17, first published 1821
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 62