Translation Singable translation by Natalie Macfarren (1826 - 1916)
Der süße Schlaf, der sonst stillt alles...
Language: German (Deutsch)
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Der süße Schlaf, der sonst stillt alles wohl, Kann stillen nicht mein Herz [mit Trauren]1 voll, [Das]2 schafft allein, der mich erfreuen soll. Kein Speis, kein Trank mir Lust noch Nahrung giebt, Kein Kurzweil mehr mein traurig Herze liebt, [Das]2 schafft allein, der so mein Herz betrübt. [Gesellschaft ich nicht mehr besuchen mag]3, Ganz einig sitz in Unmut Nacht und Tag, [Das]2 schafft allein, den ich [im]4 Herzen trag.
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View text without footnotes1 Zeisl: "von Trauer"
2 Zeisl: "Dies"
3 Henschel: "Mein' Freundinn' all' ich nicht mehr sehen mag"
4 Zeisl: "am"
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title, appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn, in Liebesklagen des Mädchens, no. 8 [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 Ignaz Brüll (1846 - 1907), "Liedchen der Sehnsucht", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 (Vier deutsche Volkslieder) no. 4, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Isador) George Henschel (1850 - 1934), "Liebesklagen des Mädchens I", op. 29 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from Über Berg und Thal. Lieder im Volkston für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Friedrich Riem (1779 - 1837), "Liedchen der Sehnsucht" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751 - 1802), "Liedchen der Sehnsucht", published 1786 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf und Zwanzig Lieder. In Musik gesezt von Corona Schröter. [Erste Sammlung], no. 20, Weimar: Annoch bey mir selbst, und in Commission in der Hoffmannischen Buchhandlung ; Goethe Museum catalog indicates the author is Herder [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elisabeth Schultz (1846 - 1926), as E. Adaïewsky, "Der süße Schlaf", op. 3 (Lieder und Duette = Песни и дуэты (Pesni i duety)) no. 7 (1870), published 1872?3 [ duet for 2 female voices with piano ], St. Petersburg : Büttner ; lost, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Sehnucht" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Liebesklagen", op. 58 (14 altdeutsche Volkslieder in neuen Singweisen für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1894 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Der süße Schlaf, der sonst stillt alles wohl", Lieder no. 14, published 1914 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Liebeslied", c1935 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873) ; composed by Elisabeth Schultz, as E. Adaïewsky.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Natalie Macfarren) , "Maiden's lament"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 76
Maiden's lament
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
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Refreshing sleep, that dost to all bring peace, from grief thou canst not make my heart to cease, the reason why, my love I cannot please. No pleasant pastime can my heart beguile, nor from my weariness can win a smile, the reason why, my love was strange a while. I care no more to see my sisters gay, I sit apart and muse the livelong day, the reason why, from me he turn'd away!
From a Henschel score.
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Natalie Macfarren (1826 - 1916), "Maiden's lament" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title, appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn, in Liebesklagen des Mädchens, no. 8
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2011-05-18
Line count: 9
Word count: 75