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Lebt wohl, ihr lieben Hügel, Leb wohl, du stiller Strand, Wo auf der Freude Flügel Die Zeit mir selig schwand! Lebt wohl, ihr leisen Wogen, Leb wohl, du [stille]1 Fluth, Die ich mit Lust durchzogen Und heißer Liebesglut! Wie einst vom Mutterherzen Mich scheiden sah die Zeit, Sieht sie mit stillen Schmerzen Von hier mich scheiden heut! Es ist dasselbe Sehnen, Das meine Brust verschließt, Es sind dieselben Thränen, Die Wehmuth hier vergießt. So gerne möcht' ich weilen Im stillen Buchenhain, Und mit den Sängern theilen Des Herzens Lust und Pein! Möcht' schaukeln auf den Wellen, Möcht' wandeln durch die Flur, Möcht' schöpfen aus den Quellen Am Busen der Natur! Den Blumen möcht' ich's sagen, Wie hart das Scheiden fällt, Den Bergen möcht' ich's klagen, Wie schwer der Abschied [hält]2, Doch stärkendes Vertrauen Giebt süßes Hoffen mir, Euch wieder einst zu schauen, Geliebte Plätzchen hier! Zwar werd' ich nicht mehr finden Sie, die mir theuer war, Und Manches wird verschwinden, Was jetzt mir Lust gebar; Doch kehr' ich zu euch wieder, Bringt mir entschwund'nes Glück, Im Drange zarter Lieder Erinnerung zurück! --
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Leopold LechnerDie Landparthie. Poetische Beschreibung des Würmsees und seiner Umgebung, München: Mit Deschler'schen Schriften, 1840, pages 114-115.
1 Lang: "sanfte"2 Lang: "fällt"
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Abschied vom See", 1839, published 1840/1? [ voice and piano ], also published anonymously in 1840 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Parting from the lake", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Prendendo congedo dal lago", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2006-04-20
Line count: 40
Word count: 184
Farewell, you dear hills, Farewell, you quiet shore, Where on the wings of joy Time passed blissfully for me! Farewell, you quiet waves, Farewell, you [silent]1 floodtide, Through which I traveled with delight And [with] the burning glow of love! As once from my mother's heart Time saw me depart, [Time] with quiet pain Sees me depart from here today! It is the same longing That constricts my breast, They are the same tears That melancholy sheds here. I would tarry so gladly In the quiet beech grove, And share with the singers [birds] The joy and sorrow of my heart! I would like to rock upon the waves, I would like to wander through the meadow, I would like to draw [water] from the springs At Nature's bosom! I would like to tell the flowers How hard parting is, I would like to lament to the mountains How [binding is a]2 farewell, But fortifying trust Gives me sweet hope That I shall someday see you again, You beloved places here! To be sure, I shall no longer find her -- She who was precious to me, And many a thing shall have disappeared That now gave me such pleasure! Yet if I return to you, Lost joy shall be returned to me, In the urgency of tender songs, By remembrance! --
1 Lang: "gentle"
2 Lang: "difficult it is to take"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Leopold Lechner , no title
This text was added to the website: 2006-04-20
Line count: 40
Word count: 222