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Translation © by Lena Platt, Daniel Platt

Aber abseits wer ist's?
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ITA
Aber abseits wer ist's?
Im Gebüsch verliert sich der Pfad.
Hinter ihm schlagen
Die Sträuche zusammen,
Das Gras steht wieder auf,
Die Öde verschlingt ihn.

Ach, wer heilet die Schmerzen
Des, dem Balsam zu Gift ward?
Der sich Menschenhaß
Aus der Fülle der Liebe trank?
Erst verachtet, nun ein Verächter,
Zehrt er heimlich auf
Seinen [eignen]1 Wert
In [ung'nugender]2 Selbstsucht.

Ist auf deinem Psalter,
Vater der Liebe, ein Ton
Seinem Ohre vernehmlich,
So erquicke sein Herz!
Öffne den umwölkten Blick
Über die tausend Quellen
Neben dem Durstenden
In der Wüste!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   J. Reichardt 

J. Reichardt sets stanzas 2-3

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1 Reichardt: "eigenen"
2 Reichardt: "ungenugender"

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It is based on

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Harzreise im Winter"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Rhapsodie für Alt", alternate title: "Alto Rhapsody", op. 53, published 1870 [ alto, men's chorus, and orchestra ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Friedrich) Wilhelm Langhans (1832 - 1892), "Aus Goethes Ode 'Harzreise im Winter'", op. 12 no. 3, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Rhapsodie (Aus der Harzreise)", published 1794, stanzas 2-3, note: begins "Ach, wer heilet die Schmerzen" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Lena Platt) (Daniel Platt) , "Alto Rhapsody", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) [singable] (Maurice Kufferath) , "Alto Rhapsody"
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ma chi, di là, si tiene in disparte?", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Lena Platt , Daniel Platt

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 22
Word count: 92

Alto Rhapsody
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
But who is that apart?
In the underbrush his path loses itself.
Behind him
The shrubs clap together,
The grass stands up again,
The wasteland engulfs him.

Ah, who heals the pains
Of him, for whom balsam became poison?
Who drank hatred of Man
Out of the fullness of love?
First despised, now a despiser,
He furtively consumes
His own merit
 In unsatisfying egotism.

If there is in Thy Psalter,
Father of love, one note
To his ear audible,
Then refresh his heart!
Open his clouded gaze
To the thousand springs
Next to the thirsting one
In the desert!

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Not Applicable [an adaptation]
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Harzreise im Winter"
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 22
Word count: 99

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