Lost | Ever more drearily, ever more drearily

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by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Verloren

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Immer trüber, immer trüber
Zieht's am Himmelsbogen her:
Graue Wolken dumpf und schwer!
Doch die Wolken zieh'n vorüber.

In's beglückte Thal hernieder
Fließt das goldne Sonnenlicht . . . 
Armes Herz, o hoffe nicht!
Deine Sonne kehrt nicht wieder.

Confirmed with Ernst Eckstein, In Moll und Dur, Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1877, page 22.

Text Authorship:

by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900), "Verloren", appears in In Moll und Dur, in 1. Erste Abtheilung [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 Alfred Steinmann (flourished c1884-1906), "Verloren", op. 14 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Gries [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Lost", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2022-04-08
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Lost

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Ever more drearily, ever more drearily
The vault of heaven is covered:
Grey clouds, gloomy and heavy!
But the clouds pass by.

Down into the delighted valley
The golden sunlight flows . . .
Poor heart, oh do not hope!
Your sun shall not return.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900), "Verloren", appears in In Moll und Dur, in 1. Erste Abtheilung
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This text was added to the website: 2022-04-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 45