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Schwarzer Wald, dein Schatten ist so düster! Armes Herz, dein Leiden ist so drückend! Was dir einzig wert, es steht vor Augen; ewig untersagt ist Huldvereinung.
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Based on- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Срце пуно јада", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), p. 409
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Schwarzer Wald, dein Schatten ist so düster!", op. 65 no. 12 (1875), published 1875 [ vocal quartet and piano four-hands or instrumental ensemble ], from Neue Liebeslieder, no. 12, Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emil Sulzbach (1885 - 1932), "Schmerzliche Nähe", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Dark forest, your shade is so gloomy", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Nera foresta, la tua ombra", 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: 26
Dark forest, your shade is so gloomy! Poor heart, your sorrow presses so heavily! The only thing valuable to you is standing before your eyes; eternally forbidden is that union with love.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Срце пуно јада", appears in Српске народне пјесме - скупио ис и на свијет издао Вук Стеф. Караџић (Srpske narodne pjesme), p. 409
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 33