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Bleich flimmert in stürmender Nacht Der Mond durch die klirrenden Fenster, Als Una zur Zeit der Gespenster Aus drückenden Träumen erwacht. Und düstres Gemurmel umschlich Ihr Lager, wie ängstliche Klagen, Dann schien ihr ein Seufzer zu sagen: O weine nicht länger um mich! Guglielmo, sie kannte den Ton, Es trugen dich innig Betrübten Aus Armen der einzig Geliebten Die tosenden Fluten davon, Vor Schrecken entfärbte sie sich Und wagte das Haupt nicht zu heben, Und wieder vernahm sie mit Beben: O weine nicht länger um mich! Hoch klopfte die wallende Brust; Das Licht ihrer Augen ward trübe; Noch war sie entbehrender Liebe, Sie war sich nichts weiter bewußt! Eh langsam ihr Pulsschlag entwich, Vollbrachte der Zeiger die Stunde, Da rief es mit scheidendem Munde: O weine nicht länger um mich! Des Morgens belebender Blick Erheitert den Himmel aufs neue. Nie kehrte für Una, die Treue, Ein Morgen der Liebe zurück. Da wandte zum Meere sie sich: - Guglielmo, die Liebende haben, Dich suchend, die Wellen begraben! Nun weint sie nicht länger um dich!
Authorship
- by Friedrich Ludwig (Wilhelm) Meyer (1759 - 1840) [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 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760 - 1802), "Una", published 1800, from the collection Kleine Balladen und Lieder, Heft I, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Linda Godry) , title 1: "Una", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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In a stormy night pale flickers The moon through rattling windowpanes, When Una awakes from opressive dreams at the witching-hour. And ominous murmuring surrounded her bed, like woebegone laments, Then a sigh seemed to tell her: Weep no longer for me! Guglielmo, she knows his voice, he, who to his heartfelt distress was carried away by the churning waves, out of the arms of his beloved. The shock blanched her face And she didn't dare show her face, And again she felt a tremor: Weep no longer for me! Agitated was her heaving breast; Her eyes dimmed; As yet she was without love, unconscious of her surroundings! Before her pulse slowly died away, The hour was full, And a cutting voice screamed: Weep no longer for me! Morning's enlivening regard cheers the sky afresh. For Una the faithful there will be never again a morning of love. So she turned to the sea: Guglielmo, while she was looking for you, the waves have buried your love! Now she's moaning for you no longer!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2005 by Linda Godry, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Ludwig (Wilhelm) Meyer (1759 - 1840)
This text was added to the website: 2005-03-17
Line count: 32
Word count: 173