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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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Text 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
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Lau Kanen [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 94
My heart is silent, my heart is cold, frozen in the winter's ice; sometimes, but only in its depths, it seethes, trembles, and stirs quietly. Then it is as if a gentle dew has melted through the cover of frost; through green woods and blooming meadows the brook murmurs anew. And the sound of horns, carried from leaf to leaf by the spring wind, echoes from the gulches faintly in my ears, like a shout from happier days. Yet the aging heart will grow young no more; the echo of a dying sound fades into the distance and once again everything lies frozen.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- 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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 103