[Trübe]1 wird's, die Wolken jagen,
Und der Regen niederbricht,
Und die lauten Winde klagen:
Teich, wo ist dein Sternenlicht?

Suchen den erloschnen Schimmer
Tief im aufgewühlten See.
Deine Liebe lächelt nimmer
Nieder in mein tiefes Weh!

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Text Authorship:

• by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht, in Schilflieder, no. 2 [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 Curt von Arnim , "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Schilflieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 9 no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder von Lenau, no. 2, Wien, (Buchholz & Diebel Sort.) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Claussen (1843 - 1869), "Trübe wird's", op. 2 (Fünf Schilflieder von Lenau, für eine tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1874 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Toni Edelmann (b. 1945), "Schilflied II ", published c2003 [ voice and piano ], from Herbstlieder, no. 2, Helsinki : Sulasol [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ernst II, Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha (1818 - 1893), "Trübe wird's", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Schilflieder von Lenau, no. 2, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 2 no. 3, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by A. Friedland , "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder. Cyklus von 5 Gesängen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", published 1879 [ alto or mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], from Schilflieder von Lenau. Liedercyklus für Alt (oder Mezzo-Sopran oder Bariton) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Trübe wird's", 1909 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 7 (Schilf-Lieder) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Henri Marteau (1874 - 1934), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 31 (Fünf Schilflieder) no. 2, published 1925 [ baritone, viola and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Mayer (1859 - 1931), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 5 no. 2, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder von Lenau für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
• by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 40 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Schilflieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ernst Michael Quirin Reiter (1814 - 1875), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 10 no. 3, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Schilflieder, Gedichte von Lenau, für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 3, Zürich: Franz Hanke [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hugo Riemann (1849 - 1919), "Frühe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 17 no. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Abend-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Bielefeld, Sulzer [sung text not yet checked]
• by James Rothstein (b. 1871), "Schilflied", op. 2 (Zwei Lieder für mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1896 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Sulzer Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917), "Schilflieder III", op. 32 no. 3 [ medium voice and piano ], from Schilflieder = Chants des joncs et des roseaux, no. 3, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 2 no. 2 (1905), from Drei Schilflieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Alwin Schutzer , "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Weinholtz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Trübe wird's", op. 7 no. 2, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Schilflieder, no. 2, Dresden, Brauer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel (1854 - 1912), "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 10 no. 2 (1875) [ voice and piano ], from Schilf-Lieder, no. 2, also set in Flemish (translated by E. Hiel) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Zilcher (1855 - 1943), "Schilflied", op. 7 (Drei Lieder für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1881 [ alto and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & M. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Emilie Zumsteeg (1796 - 1857), "Schilflied Nr. 2", op. 6 (Lieder) no. 2, published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text checked 1 time]

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• by Sárvár-Felsővidéki gróf Széchényi Imre (1825 - 1898), "Schilflied" [ voice and piano ]
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• by Carl Reichelt , "Schilflieder", op. 7 (Vier Lieder für Männerchor) no. 1, published 1877 [ men's chorus ], Essen, Silkrodt
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• Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Christian Richardt (1831 - 1892) ; composed by Peter Arnold Heise.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 - 1917) ; composed by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "It grows dark, the clouds are racing", copyright ©
• ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Darkness falls, the clouds are flying", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Jakob Kellner

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

Gloom descends, the storm clouds hurtle,
and the rain pours from the night,
with the raging winds demanding
“Pond, where is your starry light?”

seeking the extinguished shimmer
deep down in the troubled lake;
and your love shall smile no longer
on my deep and silent ache.