There is no heath so forlorn

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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

So arm ist keine Heide

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  So arm ist keine Heide
Und so verlassen ganz,
Es grüßt in ihrem Leide
Sie traut des Mondes Glanz.
  Und scheut sich auch die Sonne,
Zu nahn der stummen Qual,
O sieh, wie lacht voll Wonne
Zur Nacht das öde Thal!

  So arm [ist und]¹ vergessen
Kein Herz auf Erden je,
Es will der Herr ermessen
Vom Himmel mild sein Weh.
  Und weiß für's tiefste Grauen
Kein Mensch ein tröstend Wort,
Zur Wehmuth mag's zerthauen
Vor Gottes Huld sofort!

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• H. Schletterer

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Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 161.

¹ Schletterer: "und so"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Mondaufgang im Winter", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 161 [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 Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Februar. Mondaufgang", op. 51 no. 2, published 1882 [ ssa chorus ], from Die Monate. 12 dreistimmige Chorgesänge für 2 Sopran und Alt ohne Begleitung. Zum Gebrauch in höheren Schulen und Gesangvereinen, no. 2, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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There is no heath so forlorn

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  There is no heath so forlorn
And so utterly forsaken;
In its suffering, the moon's radiance 
Greets it lovingly.
  And though the sun may be unwilling
To draw near to the mute agony,
Oh see how the desolate valley
Laughs full of bliss at night!

  No heart on earth is ever
So forlorn [and]¹ forgotten;
From Heaven the Lord wishes
Gently to measure its hurt.
  And if for the deepest horror
No human knows a comforting word,
Before God's beneficence it may
Immediately melt to melancholy!

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Translations of title(s):
"Mondaufgang im Winter" = "Moonrise in winter"
"Februar. Mondaufgang" = "February. Moonrise"

¹ Schletterer: "and so"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Mondaufgang im Winter", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 161
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This text was added to the website: 2019-02-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 88