by
Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874)
Trauer
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich wandle einsam,
Mein Weg ist lang;
Zum Himmel schau ich
Hinauf so bang.
Kein Stern von oben
Blickt niederwärts,
Glanzlos der Himmel,
Dunkel mein Herz.
Mein Herz und der Himmel
Hat gleiche Noth,
Sein Glanz ist erloschen,
Mein Lieb ist todt.
Confirmed with Gedichte von Peter Cornelius, eingeleitet von Adolf Stern, Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt Nachfolger, 1890, page 128. Modern German would spell "Noth" as "Not" and "todt" as "tot".
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Trauer", op. 3 no. 1 (1854), from Trauer und Trost, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Albert Eibenschütz , "Trauer", op. 10 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Noseda , "Trauer", from Trauer und Trost, ein Liedercyclus für eine Singstimme mit Clavierbegleitung, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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Grief
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
I wander alone,
my way is long;
toward the heavens I stare
apprehensively.
No star above
gazes down;
the sky is dull
and my heart is troubled.
My heart and the sky
have the same grief:
its luster has gone out;
my love is dead.
Text Authorship:
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