Melancholy | My heart is so heavy

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by Karl August Candidus (1817 - 1872)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Schwermut

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Mir ist so weh ums Herz,
Mir ist, als ob ich weinen möchte
Vor Schmerz!
Gedankensatt
Und lebensmatt
Möcht' ich das Haupt hinlegen
in die Nacht der Nächte!

Text Authorship:

by Karl August Candidus (1817 - 1872), "Schwermut", appears in Vermischte Gedichte, first published 1869 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Schwermut", op. 58 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 5 (1871), published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Nostàlgia", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zwaarmoedigheid", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Melancholy", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mélancolie", copyright © 2012, (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: 7
Word count: 28

Melancholy

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

My heart is so heavy,
It seems to me that I want to weep
For pain!
Satiated by thinking,
And weary of life,
I'd like to lay down my head
In that Night of all Nights!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl August Candidus (1817 - 1872), "Schwermut", appears in Vermischte Gedichte, first published 1869
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 36