by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Wonne der Wehmut Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch)
Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht, Thränen der ewigen Liebe! Ach! nur dem halbgetrockneten Auge Wie öde, wie todt die Welt ihm erscheint! Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht, Thränen unglücklicher Liebe!
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Wonne der Wehmut", op. posth. 115 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, D 260 (1815), published 1829
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Wonne der Wehmuth", written 1775, first published 1789
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Goig de la melangia", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Geluk in weemoed", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Joie de la mélancolie", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Voluttà della malinconia", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 28