Aquí en la deserta llunyania

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by Paul Hohenberg (1885 - 1956)

Translation © by Manuel Capdevila i Font

Sehnsucht I

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Hier in der öden Fremde,
ach so fern von dir,
wildes qualvolles Sehnen
bricht mir das Herze schier.
Düstre Wälder und Klüfte 
sind der Aufenthalt mir
hier in der öden Fremde,
ach so fern von dir.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Hohenberg (1885 - 1956) [author's text not yet checked 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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Sehnsucht I", 1902 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , "Longing I", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nostalgie I", copyright © 2011, (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.
Line count: 8
Word count: 36

Aquí en la deserta llunyania

Language: Catalan (Català) after the German (Deutsch)

Aquí en la deserta llunyania,
ai, tan lluny de tu,
enyors salvatges i angoixosos
quasi em trenquen el cor.
Boscos i abismes ombrívols  
són la meva morada
aquí en la deserta llunyania,
ai, tan lluny de tu.

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Translation of title "Sehnsucht I" = "Melangia I"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Hohenberg (1885 - 1956)
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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 37