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by Johannes Daniel Falk (1768 - 1826)

Der arme Thoms
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Thoms saß am hallenden See;
Ihm that es im Herzen so weh.
Es klagten der Nachtigall Töne:
Helene!
Helene!
Wehklagte der Nachhall am See.

Thoms saß am hallenden See:
Ihm that es im Herzen so weh!
[Er seufzt in der Winde Gestöhne]1:
Helene!
Helene!
[Antworten]2 Winde vom See.

Thoms saß am hallenden See;
O wehe mir, rief er, o weh!
Versiegt ist die brennende Thräne,
Helene!
Helene!
Rief dumpf aus der Tiefe der See.

Ich folg', o hallender See!
O kühle das brennende Weh!
Dann lache des Todten und höhne!
Helene!
Helene!
Rief leise verhallend der See.

Wer wankt am wogenden See,
Und seufzet, o weh mir, o weh!
Wen suchest Du, einsame Schöne?
Helene!
Helene!
Ach, such' ihn im wogenden See!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Dorn •   K. Zelter 

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Confirmed with Deutsches Dichterbuch. Eine Sammlung der besten und kernhaftesten deutschen Gedichte aus allen Jahrhunderten, herausgegeben von Ludwig Bechstein, Leipzig, Georg Wigands Verlag, 1845, pages 335-336.

1 Dorn: "Es seufzt in der Winde Gestöhne"; Zelter: "Es seufzt in der Winde Getöne"
2 Dorn: "Antworten die"; Zelter: "Antworteten"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johannes Daniel Falk (1768 - 1826), "Der arme Thoms" [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 Alexander Julius Paul Dorn (1833 - 1901), "Der arme Thoms" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758 - 1832), "Der arme Thoms" [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Joh. Chr. Jusdorf, Nikolaus, Freiherr von Krufft.

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Set in a modified version by Johann Georg Bratsch, Ferdinand Gumbert.

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 124

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