Alone | Far away a maiden sings out into the night

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by Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Allein

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Fern singt ein Mädchen in die Nacht hinaus,
Zum Kinderstimmchen der Harmonika.
Ich lausche still. --
Mein Herz springt mir heraus.
O Gott, wie einsam ist mein weites Haus,
Und keine Seele da! . . .

Und jeder Ton, der sich ins Zimmer schleicht,
Macht mir die Finsternisse doppelt bang.
Ich lausche still . . .
Der Abend ist so lang.
In meinen Augenlidern zittert's feucht.
O, ein Hund nur, der mein Knie umstreicht!

Confirmed with Ludwig Jacobowski, Ausklang: Neue Gedichte aus dem Nachlass, Herausgegeben und mit Einleitung versehen von Dr. Rudopf Steiner, Minden in Westfahlen: J.C.C. Bruns Verlag, 1901, page 181.

Text Authorship:

by Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900), "Allein", appears in Ausklang: Neue Gedichte aus dem Nachlass, in Tagebuch [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 August Reuss (1871 - 1935), "Allein", op. 17 (Sieben Gedichte) no. 3 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Alone", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-07-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 73

Alone

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Far away a maiden sings out into the night,
To the little child-like voice of the harmonica.
I listen silently. --
My heart leaps from my breast.
Oh God, how lonely is my great house,
And not a soul there! . . . 

And every tone that creeps into the room
Makes the darknesses twice as frightening to me.
I listen silently . . . 
The evening is so long.
There is a moist trembling in my eyelids.
Oh, only a dog that weaves about my knee!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900), "Allein", appears in Ausklang: Neue Gedichte aus dem Nachlass, in Tagebuch
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This text was added to the website: 2020-06-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 86