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Warum bist du so ferne? O mein Lieb! Es leuchten mild die Sterne O mein Lieb! Der Mond will schon sich neigen In seinem stillen Reigen. Gute Nacht, mein süßes Lieb, [O mein Lieb]1! Es rauschen sanft die Wogen, O mein Lieb! [Gleich ihnen]2 fortgezogen, [Bist du,]3 Lieb! Ich wandle [stumm]4 im Haine Und klag's dem Mondenscheine. Gute Nacht, mein süßes Lieb! [O mein Lieb]1! Es regen sich im Herzen, O mein Lieb! Die [alten, bösen]5 Schmerzen, O mein Lieb! Sie freuen und sie kränken, Denn ich muß dein gedenken, [Du fernes, süßes Lieb]6! [O mein Lieb]1!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with O. L. B. Wolff, Schriften I. Romane, Novellen und Erzählungen., Band XIV Gedichte und poetische Uebersetzungen, Jena: Druck und Verlag von Friedrich Mauke, 1843, page 104.
1 Marschner: "Gute Nacht, mein süßes Lieb"2 Banck: "Ach! du bist"; Marschner: "Auch du bist"
3 Banck, Marschner: "O mein"
4 Marschner: "still"
5 Marschner: "bittersüßen"
6 Marschner: "Gute Nacht, mein süßes Lieb"; Molique: "O mein fernes, süßes Lieb"
Text Authorship:
- by Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff (1799 - 1851), "In der Ferne" [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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "In der Ferne", op. 30 (Deutsches Liederbuch), Heft 2 (Liebe) no. 8, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text checked 1 time]
- by J. Beer , "Warum bist du so ferne", op. 6 (Vier Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 1, published 1842 [ vocal quartet of male voices a cappella ], Rudolstadt, Müller [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Hesse (flourished 1876), "Gute Nacht", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & M. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Curt Hofmann , "Ständchen", published 1898 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Grude [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Warum bist du so ferne?", op. 11 (Fünf Gesänge für Alto oder Bariton) no. 5, published 1863 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Hannover, Nagel [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Lindner (1820 - 1878), "In die Ferne", op. 30 (Drei Lieder für Bass oder Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1855 [ bass or baritone and piano ], Hannover, Bachmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Eduard Marschner (1819 - 1853), "Ständchen", alternate title: "Gute Nacht" [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emilie Mayer (1821 - 1883), "Warum bist du so ferne", op. 6 (Fünf Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen) no. 5, published 1847? [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Berlin, Neustrelitz [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Wilhelm) Bernhard Molique (1802 - 1869), "Warum so fern", op. 23 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 3, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Allgemeine Musikhandlung [sung text checked 1 time]
- by F. Weber , "Warum bist du so ferne ", op. 14 (Sechs Quartetten für Männerstimmen von O.L.B. Wolff) no. 5, published 1843 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Cöln : Eck und Comp. [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2011-07-21
Line count: 24
Word count: 106
Why are you so far away? Oh my love! The stars are shining benignly, Oh my love! The moon already wishes to bow down In its quiet roundelay. Good night, my sweet love, [Oh my love!]1 The waves are rushing softly, Oh my love! [Gone away like them Have you,]2 love! I wander about [mutely]3 in the grove And lament it to the moonlight. Good night, my sweet love, [Oh my love!]1 In my heart are stirring, Oh my love! The [old, evil]4 pangs, Oh my love! They gladden and they wound me, For I must think of you, [You faraway, sweet love!]1 [Oh my love!]1
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Gute Nacht" = "Good night"
"In der Ferne" = "In the distance"
"Ständchen" = "Serenade"
"Warum bist du so ferne" = "Why are you so far away"
"Warum so fern" = "Why so far away"
2 Marschner: "You, too, have gone away,/ Oh my"
3 Marschner: "silently"
4 Marschner: "bittersweet"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff (1799 - 1851), "In der Ferne"
This text was added to the website: 2020-03-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 114