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Es schleicht ein zehrend Feuer Durch mein [Gebein]1; Mein Schatt' ist mir nicht treuer [Wie]2 diese Pein. Ich höre die Stunden [ziehen]3 Trüben Gesichts; Sie kommen, weilen, [fliehen]4 -- Und ändern nichts. Der Sommer kommt gegangen, [Mir ist's wie]5 Traum; Am Busch [Wildröslein hangen]6, Ich acht' es kaum. Es schlagen die Nachtigallen [In Wald und Plan]7; Laß [schallen]8, laß verhallen! Was geht's mich an? Ich fühle nur das eine In meinem Sinn: Daß ich von dir, du Reine, Geschieden bin. Mein Schatt' ist mir nicht treuer [Wie]9 diese Pein; [Und zehrend schleicht das Feuer]10 Durch mein Gebein.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Kappeller: "Geblüt"
2 Kappeller, Schachner, Thuille: "Als"
3 Schachner: "zieh'n"
4 Kappeller: "und fliehen"
; Schachner: "flieh'n"
5 Schachner: "Es war ein"
6 Schachner: "Waldröslein hangen"; Thuille: "Waldröslein blühen"
7 Kappeller: "Im Wald und Flur"; Schachner: "Im Wald und Plan"; Thuille: "In Feld und Plan"
8 Thuille: "schlagen"
9 Schachner, Thuille: "Als"
10 Schachner: "Es schleicht ein zehrend Feuer"
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Meiden" [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 Sophie Wolf Baudissin, Gräfin (1821 - 1894), "Es schleicht ein zehrend Feuer", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Hermann Cläpius (1801 - 1868), "Meiden", op. 6 (3 Gedichte von Em. Geibel) no. 1, published 1845 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schmidt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Meiden", op. 27 (3 Lieder) no. 2, published 1849 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Meiden", op. 24 no. 2, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Geibel'sche Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by R. Hasenclever , "Meiden", published 1855 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Lieder von E. Geibel, no. 3, Cöln, Schloss  [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Haslinger (1816 - 1868), "Meiden", op. 109, published 1859 [ bass and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Kappeller (1802 - 1877), "Meiden", published 1871 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für eine mittlere Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 2, Wien, Haslinger  [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Kauffmann (1855 - 1934), "Meiden", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1879 [ low voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Meiden", op. 111 (12 Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor)) no. 6, published 1861 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ignaz Lachner (1807 - 1895), "Meiden", op. 49 (3 Lieder) no. 1, published 1857 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Niemeyer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Müller (1830 - 1905), "Meiden", op. 14 (6 Lieder für S., A., T. und B. ) no. 2, published 1862 [ SATB quartet ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Rudolph Schachner (1821 - 1896), "Meiden", op. 22 (3 Lieder) no. 2, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Meiden", op. 21 (10 Lieder) no. 9, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Seligmann , "Meiden", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Meiden", 1879 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Walter-Choinanus, né Ernst Walter , "Meiden", op. 20, Heft 1 no. 6 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesglück und Liebesleid. Zwölf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 6, München, Jos. Aibl Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Weyermann (1832 - 1888), "Meiden", op. 1 (10 Gesänge für hohe Stimme) no. 9, published 1866 [ high voice and piano ], Elberfeld, Arnold  [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 96
A ravenous fire creeps Through my bones; Even my shadow is not as faithful As this pain. I hear the passing of the hours’ Clouded apparition; They come, abide, depart – And change nothing. Summer has come, It is but a dream for me; The wild rose hangs upon the bush, I scarcely notice it. The nightingale calls In forest and plain; Let it resound, let it fade away! What is it to me? I feel only a single thing In my mind: That I have been separated, pure one, From you. Even my shadow is not as faithful As this pain; And ravenously the fire creeps Through my bones.
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Translations of title(s):
"Es schleicht ein zehrend Feuer" = "A ravenous fire creeps"
"Meiden" = "Shunned"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Michael P Rosewall, (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 Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Meiden"
This text was added to the website: 2022-11-25
Line count: 24
Word count: 110