Yearning | Behind those thick woods

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by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Sehnsucht

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Czech (Čeština)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Hinter jenen dichten Wäldern
Weilst du meine Süßgeliebte
Weit ach weit, weit ach weit!
Berstet ihr Felsen,
Ebnet euch Täler,
Daß ich ersehe,
Daß ich erspähe
Meine ferne, süße Maid!

Text Authorship:

by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876), "Sehnsucht", appears in Slawische Volkslieder, in 1. Böhmische Volkslieder, Halle, first published 1830 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Sehnsucht", op. 49 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3 (1868), published 1868, first performed 1870 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Sehnsucht", op. 59 no. 8, published 1877 [ vocal duet for 2 female voices with piano ], from Zehn deutsche und slavische Volkspoesien für 2 Frauenstimmen mit Pianoforte, no. 8, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Anhel", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Hunkering", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Yearning", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nostalgie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Desiderio", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 30

Yearning

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 Behind those thick woods
 You stay, my sweet beloved,
 Far, oh far away!
 Shatter, you rocks,
 Be leveled, you valleys,
 That I might see,
 That I might glimpse
 My sweet, far-off maiden!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876), "Sehnsucht", appears in Slawische Volkslieder, in 1. Böhmische Volkslieder, Halle, first published 1830
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 33