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by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

So ich traurig bin
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
So ich traurig bin
Weiß ich nur ein ding:
Ich denke mich bei dir
Und singe dir ein lied.

Fast vernehme ich dann
Deiner stimme klang ·
Ferne singt sie nach
Und minder wird mein gram.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Stefan George, Werke. Ausgabe in Zwei Bänden, Erster Band, 4. Auflage, Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 1984, pages 94-95


Text Authorship:

  • by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der Sagen und Sänge, in Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns, no. 5 [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 Rudolph Bergh (1859 - 1924), "Aus den Sängen eines fahrenden Spielmanns II", op. 11 (Acht Lieder für eine Singstimme und Klavier) no. 4, published 1904 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Verlag Dreililien [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (1881 - 1971), "So ich traurig bin", published 1935, from Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Will Eisenmann (1906 - 1992), "So ich traurig bin", op. 56 no. 9 (1954) [ alto, viola, and piano ], from Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "So ich traurig bin", op. 53 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Maria Herz (1878 - 1950), "So ich traurig bin", op. 7c (Drei Lieder (Stefan George) mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], note: opus 7 was also used for a violin sonata and another song cycle, so we have added the letter 'c' to this set  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Horwitz, né Curt Horwitz (1884 - 1925), "So ich traurig bin", op. 4 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 6, published 1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Cyril Meir Scott (1879 - 1970), "So ich traurig bin", 1899, first performed 1980 [ voice and piano ], from Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Daniel N. Seel (b. 1970), "So ich traurig bin", 2011, published 2013 [ mezzo-soprano and viola (ad libitum) ], Neue Musik, Berlin [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "So ich traurig bin", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Stefan George) no. 4 (1908-9) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "When I am sad", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Jakob Kellner , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 36

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