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by Karl August Friedrich von Witzleben (1773 - 1839), as A. von Tromlitz

Schweig o Herz! Warum dies bange Sehnen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Schweig o Herz! Warum dies bange Sehnen
  Nach dem süßen längst verlor'nen Glück?
Ach, es rufen Deine heißen Thränen
  Das Verschwund'ne doch nicht mehr zurück.
Hin ist hin! [Der schöne]1 Traum des Lebens,
  Diese Paradieseswelt der Phantasie --
Ach, du suchst sie immer noch vergebens,
  Suchst und suchst, und findest sie doch nie.

Von den Kränzen, die ich mir gewunden
  In den Tagen der Begeisterung,
Aus der Liebe wonnevollen Stunden
  Blieb mir nichts, als die Erinnerung.
Meines Traumes glühend schöne Farben
  Sind nun längst [verbleicht -- verwischt -- sind]2 todt,
Die Erinn'rung läßt die Sehnsucht darben,
  Wo einst Liebe ihr den Nektar bot.

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•   L. Spohr 

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Confirmed with Die Morisken von A. von Tromlitz, Dresden und Leipzig, in der Arnoldischen Buchhandlung, 1837, pages 122-123, a song text that appears in the middle of a prose novel.

Note: the original Spohr edition has the typo "heisses" in stanza 1, line 3, word 5.

1 Spohr: "den schönen"
2 Spohr: "verwischt, verblüht, sind"

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl August Friedrich von Witzleben (1773 - 1839), as A. von Tromlitz, no title, appears in Die Morisken [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 Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Lied der Harfnerin", op. 94 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 1 (1835-6) [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 102

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