Lament | I wander about and seek you

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by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Stieler

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Klage

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich geh' umher; und such' ich Dich
  Auf allen Fluren dieser Erde,
Ich fühl' es doch tiefinnerlich,
  Daß ich Dich nirgend finden werde!

Nun alle Bäume wundermild
  Im Frühlingsglanze blühend stehen,
Mein' ich Dein heißgeliebtes Bild
  In jedem Blütenkelch zu sehen.

Mir sagen klagend Blüt' und Blatt
  In diesen gold'nen Frühlingsstunden:
Du armes Herz, dein Frühling hat
  Für alle Zeit den Tod gefunden.

Confirmed with O. Malybrok-Stieler, Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, Prag: Druck und Verlag von J. Otto, 1887, page 30.

Text Authorship:

by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Stieler, "Klage", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 1. Lyrische Gedichte, in 1. Liebe [author's text checked 1 time 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 Jan Ludevít Procházka (1837 - 1888), "Klage", published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 4, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Lament", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Lament

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I wander about and seek you
  Upon all the meadows of this earth,
But deep within I feel 
  That I shall not find you anywhere!

Now when, wondrously mild, all the trees
  Stand blooming in the radiance of spring,
I imagine that I see your fervently beloved image
  In the calyx of every flower.

Lamenting, blossom and leaf tell me
  In these golden hours of spring:
You poor heart, your springtime has
  Found its death for all time.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913), as Ottilie Stieler, "Klage", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 1. Lyrische Gedichte, in 1. Liebe
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This text was added to the website: 2021-12-26
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Word count: 78