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Duften nicht die Laubengänge? Hör' ich nicht [die Wipfel säuseln]1, [Linde]2 Maienwinde kräuseln [Den umbüschten stillen Rhein]3; Daß mich nicht der Mittag senge, Winken mir [verstohl'ne]4 Schatten, [Rosenhage]5, Veilchenmatten, Aber ach, ich bin allein! Unterm blattgewebten Teppich Hör' ich Nachtigallen schlagen, Und die [leichtern]6 Echo tragen Ihre Töne durch den Hain; [Längs]7 der Eiche dehnt sich [Eppich]8, [Wassernymphen]9 lockt die Quelle, Wo mit Welle lispelt Welle, Aber ach, ich bin allein.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke des Grafen August von Platen, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1839, page 4."
1 Lang: "der Wipfel Säuseln"2 Lang: "Leise"
3 In Lang's original publication: "Den umbebüschten [sic] stillen Rain" ; in the 1866 and 1882 editions: "Im bebüschten stillen Rain"
4 Lang: "verstohlen"
5 Lang (1866 edition): "Rosenhayn und"; (1882 edition) "Rosenhain und"
6 Lang (1866 and 1882 editions): "leichten"
7 Error in Lang's first edition: "Langs"
8 Error in Lang's 1882 edition: "Teppich"
9 Lang: "Wasser-Nymphe"
Text Authorship:
- by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), "1815", appears in Lieder und Romanzen [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Sehnsucht", op. 4 (Vier deutsche Lieder) no. 4, published 1833 [ voice and piano ], note: originally published without opus; designated in 1867 as opus 4 ; München und Bern: Joseph Aibl ; republished in Franz Hauser's Gesanglehre, Leipzig & Brüssel: Breitkopf & Härtel, [1866], pages 148-149 and in 40 Lieder, Leipzig & Brüssel: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1882 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philip Wolfrum (1854 - 1919), "Duften nicht die Laubengänge", op. 15 (Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, 3. Heft) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Longing", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 83
Are not the pergolas fragrant, Do I not hear the [treetops soughing]1, [Soft]2 May winds rippling [The bush-lined waters of the quiet Rhine]3? That I may not be singed by the noonday sun, [Secret shadows beckon me]4, [Rose hedges,]5 carpets of violets, But ah, I am alone! Under the leafy, woven canopy I hear nightingales calling, And the [softer]6 echoes carry Their songs through the grove; Along the oak, ivy stretches itself out, Water-nymphs are tempted by the spring, Where wave whispers with wave, But ah, I am alone!
Translated titles:
"1815" = "1815"
"Sehnsucht" = "Sehnsucht"
1 Lang: "soughing of the treetops"
2 Lang: "Quiet"
3 In Lang's original publication: "Along the bushy, quiet bank"; in the 1866 and 1882 editions: "In the bushy, quiet bank"
4 Lang: "Shadows beckon me secretively"
5 Lang (1866 and 1882 editions): "Rose arbours and
6 Lang (1866 and 1882 editions): "soft"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2006 by Sharon Krebs, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), "1815", appears in Lieder und Romanzen
This text was added to the website: 2006-11-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 97