On a Cornelian Heart which was Broken | Unhappy heart, and could it be

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by Ernst Ortlepp (1800 - 1864)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Unglücklich Herz, und konnt' es sein

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: ENG

Unglücklich Herz, und konnt' es sein,
    Daß deine Form in Stücke ging!
Da sie durch langer Jahre Reihn
    Getreulich mir am [Herzen]¹ hing?
 
Doch Werth von dir hat jedes Stück,
    Weil du mein eigner Spiegel bist,
Denn jedes Stück zeigt mir ein Glück,
    Das einst, ach, war, und nicht mehr ist!

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• J. Lang

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Confirmed with Lord Byron’s sämmtliche Werke. Nach den Anforderungen unserer Zeit neu übersetzt von Mehreren, Zweite unveränderte Ausgabe, Erster Band, Pforzheim: Verlag von Dennig Finck & Co., 1842, page 227.

¹ Lang: "Busen"

Text Authorship:

by Ernst Ortlepp (1800 - 1864), "Auf ein zerbrochenes Herz von Carneol" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "On a Cornelian Heart which was Broken", written 1812, appears in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a Romaunt: and other Poems, in Poems
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by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Auf ein zerbrochnes Herz von Carneol", 1839, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "On a Cornelian Heart which was Broken", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-19
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On a Cornelian Heart which was Broken

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Unhappy heart, and could it be,
    That your form fell to pieces,
As it had, through a long row of years,
    Faithfully hung [upon my heart]¹?
 
But every piece of you has value,
    Because you are the mirror of myself,
For every piece shows me a happiness
    That, ah, once was, but exists no longer!

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¹ Lang: "at my breast"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Ortlepp (1800 - 1864), "Auf ein zerbrochenes Herz von Carneol"
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "On a Cornelian Heart which was Broken", written 1812, appears in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a Romaunt: and other Poems, in Poems
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2006-04-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 56