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O alte Heimat süß! Wo find' ich wieder dich? Welch ein Qual ist dies? Warum verfolgst du mich? Warum ertötest mich? O ferner Liebesschein, Glimmst wieder nach mir her? Soll dies mein Glücke sein? Mir fällt das Leid zu schwer, -- Wer denkt wohl meiner, wer? Bald such' ich Linderung Bei dir, o Tränenguß; Denk' dann, es ist genug, Dann denk' ich ihren Kuß Und daß ich wandern muß, -- Und neuer Schmerz befällt, Die arme treue Brust, Die Lieb' gefangen hält Und nicht mehr kennt die Lust -- Mir alles ist vergällt.
F. Hensel sets stanzas 1-3
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title [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 Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Ferne", op. posth. 9 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 (1823), published 1850, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Gustav Reichardt (1797 - 1884), "Lied aus Prinz Zerbino'", published [1824] [ voice and piano or guitar ], from Sechs Lieder von Göthe, Tieck, Matthisson, & Körner mit Begleitung des Pianoforte oder der Guitarre , no. 1, Hannover: In der Hofmusikhandlung von C. Bachmann [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Distance", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au loin", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 90
O ancient homeland sweet! Where will I find you again? What pain this is! Why do you pursue me? Why do you mortify me? O distant glow of love, will you glimmer again after me? Should this be my happiness? I feel this sorrow is too heavy for me; Who is thinking of me - who? Soon I shall seek relief in you, o gush of tears; I shall then think it is enough, Then I'll think of her kiss - and that I must keep wandering far away.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 87