by Charles Benjamin Incledon (1763 - 1826)
Translation Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Solitude
Language: English
When each tie is torn asunder, When the soul in sorrow bow'd Hears unmoved the distant thunder, Rolling 'neath the sombre cloud; When by ev'ry bliss surrounded, Still o'er human ills we brood, Then is music's spell unbounded, Can it banish Solitude.1 Vain were nature's charms created, Vain the mirth-inspiring bowl, If with social pleasures mated Darkness [veil'd]2 the human soul; But with God-like friendship glowing If with mental light endued, Hearts unite in love o'erflowing, Banished thence is solitude.1
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2 Kossmaly: "veils"
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Confirmed with Poems by Charles V. Incledon, Vienna, Published and sold (for the author) by Ignatius Klang, 1842, page 58.
1 Kossmaly adds "O Solitude!"2 Kossmaly: "veils"
Text Authorship:
- by Charles Benjamin Incledon (1763 - 1826), "Solitude", appears in Miscellaneous Poems [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 Kossmaly (1812 - 1893), "Solitude" [ voice and piano ], from 3 Gesänge von Ch. Incledon für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte = Three Songs written by Charles V. Incledon, no. 1, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Carl Kossmaly.
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2026-07-31
Line count: 16
Word count: 83
Einsamkeit
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Wen, von Lieb' getrennt, durchs Leben unser Geist dann finster grollt, mögen grause Wetter schweben, ungehört ihr Donner rollt. Nah' die Lust in aller Schöne, Seele sich dem Kummer weiht, dann nur, ach, ihr süßen Töne, bannet ihr die Einsamkeit!1 Wenn Natur vergebens lächelt, wenn der Schale Feuertrank nutzlos uns mit Duft umfächelt, nicht begeistert Gläserklang, dann nah Freundschaft Gottes werde, küss' die Seele gramgeweiht; Licht durchströmt den Schmerz der Erde, Lieb' verbannt die Einsamkeit.1
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1 Kossmaly adds "O Einsamkeit!"
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1 Kossmaly adds "O Einsamkeit!"
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Charles Benjamin Incledon (1763 - 1826), "Solitude", appears in Miscellaneous Poems
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 Kossmaly (1812 - 1893), "Einsamkeit" [ voice and piano ], from 3 Gesänge von Ch. Incledon für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte = Three Songs written by Charles V. Incledon, no. 1, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2026-07-31
Line count: 16
Word count: 77