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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Der Traurige
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CHI FRE
Allen tut es weh im Herzen,
Die den bleichen Knaben sehn,
Dem die Leiden, dem die Schmerzen
Aufs Gesicht geschrieben stehn.

Mitleidvolle Lüfte fächeln
Kühlung seiner heißen Stirn;
Labung möcht ins Herz ihm lächeln
Manche sonst so spröde Dirn'.

Aus dem wilden Lärm der Städter
Flüchtet er sich nach dem Wald.
Lustig rauschen dort die Blätter,
Lust'ger Vogelsang erschallt.

Doch der Sang verstummet balde,
Traurig rauschet Baum und Blatt,
Wenn der Traurige dem Walde
Langsam sich genähert hat.

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Der Traurige", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Romanzen, no. 1 [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 Ferdinand Gottfried Baake (1800 - 1881), "Der Traurige", op. 13 (Junge Leiden : 13 Gedichte von Heinrich Heine) no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rafael Behn , "Der Traurige", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by J. von Bolto , "Der Traurige", from Fünf Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Schmitt (1835 - 1907), "Der Traurige", op. 52 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "伤心人", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tristesse", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 78

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