Lament (Anonymous, set by (Franz Peter Schubert)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Klage

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG FRE

Trauer umfließt mein Leben,
Hoffnungslos mein Streben,
Stets in Gluth und Beben
Schleicht mir hin das Leben.
O! nimmer trag ich's länger.

Leiden und Schmerzen wühlen
Mir in den Gefühlen,
Keine Lüfte kühlen
Banger Ahndung [Fühlen]¹.
O! nimmer trag ich's länger!

Nur ferner Tod kann heilen
Solcher Schmerzen Weilen,
Wo sich die Pforten theilen,
Werd' ich wieder heilen.
O! nimmer trag ich's länger.

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Note: Text confirmed with Schubert's autograph (clean copy), Vienna City Library, call number Mus.Hs.L14.Münze.2.

¹ Old editions have "Schwülen" contrary to Schubert's manuscript.

Authorship

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Klage", D 371, D 292 (1816), published 1872 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Plany", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Klaaglied", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Lament", copyright © 2008
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Plainte", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 63

Lament

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Sadness pervades my life,
hopeless [are] my pursuits.
Ever in fervency and trembling
does my life slink away from me;
oh! no longer can I bear it!

Sorrow and pain
dig into my feelings;
no breezes cool
[my] fevered, anxious foreboding;
oh! no longer can I bear it!

Only distant death can heal
such periods of pain;
where the gates part open
I will be healed once more;
oh! no longer can I bear it!

Authorship

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2008 by Emily Ezust
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-04
Line count: 15
Word count: 75