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Schöne Sennin, noch einmal Singe deinen Ruf in's Thal, Daß die frohe Felsensprache Deinem hellen Ruf erwache. Horch, o [Mädchen]1 Sennin, wie dein Sang In die Brust den Bergen drang, Wie dein Wort die Felsenseelen Freudig fort und fort erzählen! Aber einst, wie Alles flieht, Scheidest du mit deinem Lied, Wenn dich Liebe fortbewogen, Oder dich der Tod entzogen. Und verlassen werden stehn, Traurig stumm herübersehn Dort die grauen Felsenzinnen Und auf deine Lieder sinnen.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau's sämtliche Werke in einem Band, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Zweite, durch eine Biographie des Dichters vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [no year], page 89
1 Fibich, Mendelssohn-Hensel, Schumann: "Sennin"Authorship
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Die Sennin", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Reiseblätter (Viertes Buch) [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 Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Die Sennin", H. 227 no. 3 (1875), from Neue Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "Schöne Sennin, noch einmal", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Greifswald, Verlag der Academischen Buchhandlung (and later: Leipzig, Leuckart, 1876) [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Richard) Bruno Heydrich (1865 - 1938), "Die Sennin ", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Die Sennin" [ duet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Die Sennin", op. 90 no. 4 (1850), published 1851 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Nikolaus Lenau und Requiem, no. 4, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sophie Seibt (1812 - 1889), "Die Sennin", op. 2 (Sechs vierstimmige Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 4, published 1852 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) Wilhelm Tschirch , "Die Sennin ", op. 57 (Zwei Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1863 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Els Vervoort) , "De alpenherderin", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De koeienhoedster", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La bergère", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "La pastora", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Mooie herderin, stuur nogmaals zingend uw roep in het dal, zodat die blije rotsentaal door uw heldere stem ontwake. Luister, o herderin, hoe uw gezang tot in het binnenste van de bergen doordrong, hoe de rotsenzielen uw woord verheugd voortvertellen. Maar eens, zoals alles voorbij gaat, scheidt ook gij, met uw lied, wanneer de liefde u doet vertrekken, of de dood u aan ons onttrekt. En wij verlaten zullen staan, treurig, sprakeloos naar ginds kijken, naar de grauwe rotstoppen en mijmerend uw liederen overdenken.
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2011 by Els Vervoort, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Die Sennin", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Reiseblätter (Viertes Buch)
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-02
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Word count: 84