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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Trost unglücklicher Liebe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  DUT FRE
Ihr mißvergnügten Stunden,
Wie groß ist eure Zahl!
So mehrt nur Schmerz und Wunden
Und tötet mich einmal!
Ihr aber, sanfte Triebe,
Kömmt Schlaft nur mit mir ein;
Denn jenes, was ich liebe,
Wird doch nicht meine sein.

Du liebtest mit so warmem,
So vollem Herzen mich:
Nun hält dich in den Armen
Ein Glücklichrer als ich,
Und meinen heissen Küssen,
O Schicksal, hast du sie
Wie dieser Welt entrissen!
Allein auf ewig nie!

Dort, unter Himmels Lauben, 
Find'ich, Geliebte, dich:
O wonniglicher Glauben!
Du nährst und stärkest mich,
Du hauchest meinem Herzen
Neukräftigs Leben ein
Und milderst mir den Schmerzen,
Die Qual, ein Mensch zu sein.

See also the version of the poem that C. P. E. Bach set to music. The two texts share a first stanza (with one small change) but nothing more. They might be disparate selections from a much longer poem.


Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Trost unglücklicher Liebe", Hob. XXVIa no. 9 (1781/4) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Troost in een ongelukkige liefde", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Consolation d'un amour malheureux", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Auditorium du Louvre

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 107

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