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Ach, mir fehlt, nicht ist da, Was mich einst süß beglückt; Ach, mir fehlt, nicht ist da, Was mich erfreut! Was mich einst süß beglückt, Ist wie die Well' entrückt. Ach, mir fehlt, nicht ist da, Was mich erfreut! Sagt, wie man ackern kann Ohne Pflug, ohne Roß? Sagt, wie man ackern kann, Wenn das Rad bricht? Ach, wie solch Ackern ist, So ist die Liebe auch, So ist die Liebe auch, Küßt man sich nicht! Zwingen mir fort nur auf, Was mit Qual mich erfüllt; Zwingen mir fort nur auf, Was meine Pein: Geben den Witwer mir, Der kein ganz Herze hat; Halb ist's der ersten Frau, Halb nur wär's mein!
Authorship:
- by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876), appears in Westslawischer Märchenschatz, first published 1857 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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), "Klage I", op. 69 (Neun Gesänge) no. 1 (1877), published 1877, first performed 1879 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Plany I", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Klaagzang I", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Lament I", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Plainte I", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 112
Ah, how I miss it - it is no longer here, What once so sweetly made me happy; Ah, how I miss it - it is no longer here, What once delighted me! What once so sweetly made me happy, Has, like an ocean wave, passed by. Ah, how I miss it - it is no longer here, What once delighted me! Tell me how one can till the soil Without a plough, without a horse? Tell me how one can till the soil When the wheel breaks? Ah, such is ploughing, And such is love also; Such is love, If one does not kiss! They force me to do things That only fill me with distress; They force on me Only what causes me pain: They're giving me to a widower, Whose heart is not whole: Half of him is his first wife's, Half only would be mine!
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), appears in Westslawischer Märchenschatz, first published 1857
Based on:
- a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 150