The forsaken one | Silently and concealed

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by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die Verlassene

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Still und verborgen 
Trage Dein Weh:
Wonnen und Sorgen 
Schmelzen wie Schnee;
Kummer und Reue, 
Alles zerstiebt! 
Es vergißt selbst die Treue, 
Wie treu sie geliebt.

Die Tage schleichen
So öde dahin:
Dulden und Schweigen 
Ist all mein Sinn.
Mich rührt kein Blühen 
Auf grüner Au,
Kein Wolkenglühen,
Kein Himmelsblau.

Nehmt mein Geschmeide,
Es gleißt wie Licht;
Die Braut im Leide
Begehrt es nicht.
Die güldnen Bänder,
Des Glücks Gewinn, 
Die Prachtgewänder, -- 
Nehmt Alles hin! 

Die Träume verschweben, 
Der Sommer flieht:
Das ist vom Leben 
Das trübe Lied. 
Die Blätter sinken 
Im bleichen Wald;
Die Todten winken . . . 
Ich komme bald!

Confirmed with Deutsche Dichterhalle. Unter Mitwirkung der hervorragendsten Dichter und Schriftsteller, herausgegeben von Ernst Eckstein, Jahrgang 1876, Leipzig, Verlag von Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, page 92.

Confirmed with Ernst Eckstein, In Moll und Dur, Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1877, pages 39-40.

Text Authorship:

by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900), "Die Verlassene", appears in In Moll und Dur, in 2. Zweite Abtheilung [author's text checked 2 times 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 Ernst Göthel , "Die Verlassene", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

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

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The forsaken one

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Silently and concealed
Bear your sorrow:
Joys and anxieties
Melt like snow;
Grief and rue,
Everything is dispersed!
Even faithfulness forgets
How faithfully it loved.

The days creep
Onward so desolately:
Enduring and keeping silent
Is my whole object.
I am unmoved by any
Blooming upon a green meadow,
By any glowing clouds,
Any heavenly blue.

Take my adornment,
It gleams like light;
The bride in sorrow
Does not desire it.
The golden ribbons,
The spoils of happiness,
The splendid garments, --
Take it all!

The dreams drift away,
The summer passes quickly:
That is the dreary 
Song of life.
The leaves fall
In the pale forest;
The dead beckon . . .
Soon I shall join them!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900), "Die Verlassene", appears in In Moll und Dur, in 2. Zweite Abtheilung
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This text was added to the website: 2022-04-13
Line count: 32
Word count: 117