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Ich hab' kein' Mutter, die mich hegt, [Die]1 Mutter schläft im Grund. Ich hab' kein' Buhlen, der mich küßt, Auf meinen rothen Mund. Und hab' so große Sehnsucht doch, Und hab' so jungen Sinn -- Was hab' ich dir, o Gott, gethan, Daß ich so einsam bin?
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Gedichte, Leipzig: Verlag von A.G. Liebeskind, 1898, page 49.
1 Wegener-Koopman: "Mein' "Text Authorship:
- by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Und hab' so große Sehnsucht doch", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 31 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Willy Herrmann (1868 - 1945), "Und hab' so grosse Sehnsucht doch", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston II. Sammlung: moderne Preislieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lili Hutterstrasser-Scheidl (1882 - 1942), as Lio Hans, "Und hab' so große Sehnsucht doch", c1924 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Und hab' so grosse Sehnsucht doch", op. 55 (Sieben Lieder) no. 7, published 1904 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie Charlotte Henriette von Kehler (1822 - 1882), "Klage", op. 17 (Lieder-Album. 12 Dichtungen für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Kassel, Kuprions Nachf. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Und hab' so grosse Sehnsucht doch", op. 31 (Sechs Gedichte von Anna Ritter) no. 4 (1898) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Julius Rünger , "Ich hab' kein' Mutter", op. 31, copyright © 1917 [ high voice and piano ], from Vier Mädchenlieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 3, München (Munich), Alfred Schmid Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Otto Schneider (1901 - 1981), "Und hab' so grosse Sehnsucht doch", 1922-5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874 - 1953), "Und hab' so grosse Sehnsucht doch", published 1909, from Acht Lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Und hab so große Sehnsucht doch", op. 14 (Vier Lieder für eine tiefe Singstimme und Klavier) no. 1 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Et pourtant j'ai de si grands désirs", 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.
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Word count: 47
I have no mother who looks after me, My mother sleeps in the valley. I have no lover who kisses me Upon my red lips. And yet I have such great yearning, And have such a young spirit -- What, oh God, have I done to You That I am so lonely?
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Translations of title(s):
"Ich hab' kein' Mutter" = "I have no mother"
"Klage" = "Lament"
"Und hab' so große Sehnsucht doch" = "And yet I have such great yearning"
"Und hab' so grosse Sehnsucht doch" = "And yet I have such great yearning"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2021 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 Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Und hab' so große Sehnsucht doch", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 31
This text was added to the website: 2021-06-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 51