Quiet reproach | In lonely hours melancholy intrudes

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by Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff (1799 - 1851)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Stiller Vorwurf

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

In einsamen Stunden drängt Wehmut sich auf,
Da brechen die Wunden, die alten, mir auf.
O lass sie nur bluten, sie schmerzen nicht sehr;
Als du sie geschlagen, da schmerzten sie mehr!

Ob du es bereuest, was du mir getan,
Mit andern dich freuest, was geht es mich an?
Was auch du beginnest, vorbei ist die Pein,
Ich kann dir nicht zürnen, kann dir nur verzeihn.

Text Authorship:

by Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff (1799 - 1851) [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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Stiller Vorwurf", op. 30 (Deutsches Liederbuch), Heft 2 (Liebe) no. 10, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Stiller Vorwurf", op. 77 (Lieder und Gesänge für Singstimme und Klavier (Heft 3)) no. 4 (1850), published 1851 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Silent retret", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Stil verwijt", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Quiet reproach", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Reproche silencieux", copyright © 2014, (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: 66

Quiet reproach

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

In lonely hours melancholy intrudes,
The wounds, the old wounds, open again.
Oh only let them bleed, they do not hurt much;
When they were freshly struck by you, they hurt more!

Whether or not you regret what you did to me,
Are happy with others, what business is it of mine?
Whatever you may undertake, the torment is past,
I cannot be angry with you, I can only forgive you.

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This text was added to the website: 2015-03-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 71