Lost youth | The mountains all bluster

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by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Verlorene Jugend

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Slovak (Slovenčina)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Brausten alle Berge, 
Sauste rings der Wald, --
Meine jungen Tage, 
Wo sind sie so bald? 

Jugend, teure Jugend,
Flohest mir dahin;
O du holde Jugend,
Achtlos war mein Sinn! 

Ich verlor dich leider,
Wie wenn einen Stein
Jemand von sich schleudert
In die Flut hinein. 

Wendet sich der Stein auch
Um in tiefer Flut,
Weiss ich, dass die Jugend
Doch kein Gleiches tut.

Text Authorship:

by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876), "Verlorene Jugend", appears in Westslawischer Märchenschatz, in Ernstere, weh- und schwermüthige Lieder, Balladen, Romanzen, first published 1857 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Slovak (Slovenčina) 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), "Verlorene Jugend", op. 104 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 4, published 1888 [ satbb chorus ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Joventut perduda", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Verloren jeugd", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Lost youth", copyright © 2004
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Jeunesse perdue", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Claus-Christian Schuster [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 63

Lost youth

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

The mountains all bluster,
the woods murmur all about -
my days of youth,
where have you so soon gone?

Youth, precious youth,
you have flown from me;
o lovely youth,
so heedless was my mind!

I lost you regrettably, [accidentally,]
as when one takes a stone
and flings it away
into a stream.

Sometimes a stone can be reversed in its course
and return from the deep flood -
but I know that youth
will never do the same thing.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2004 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876), "Verlorene Jugend", appears in Westslawischer Märchenschatz, in Ernstere, weh- und schwermüthige Lieder, Balladen, Romanzen, first published 1857
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

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

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 79