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Ach, wie so gerne Bleib' ich euch ferne, Schimmernde Säle, von Kerzen erhellt! Daß mir im Dunkeln Zwei Augen funkeln, Ist meine Wonne, ist meine Welt! Sucht' ich doch allen Einst zu gefallen, Habe verstohlen die Netze gestellt. Einem mich schmücken, Einen beglücken, Ward meine Wonne, ward meine Welt! Einsam in Stillen Um seinetwillen Pocht mir das Herz von Sehnsucht geschwellt: Ihn zu umfangen, An ihm zu hangen, Bis mir in Wonnen schwindet die Welt!
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Skizzenbuch. Lieder und Bilder, in Mädchenlieder, no. 3 [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 Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Ach, wie so gerne bleib' ich euch ferne", op. 40 no. 8, published 1895 [ high voice and piano ], from Acht Mädchenlieder von Paul Heyse, no. 8, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Georg Schumann (1866 - 1952), "Ach, wie so gerne bleib ich euch ferne", op. 35 no. 7, published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Mädchenlieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 7, Leipzig, F. E. C. Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Ah, how gladly I can keep far away from you", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ah quel plaisir j'ai à rester loin de vous", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 75
Ah, how gladly I can keep far away from you, bright halls illuminated by candles! That at me, in the darkness, two eyes twinkle, that is my joy and my world! Once I yearned to please everyone and stealthily I threw out my nets. But now, to adorn myself for one, to make him happy - this has become my joy and my world! Alone in the silence, for him alone throbs my heart, bursting with longing: to embrace him, to cling to him, until my bliss makes the world disappear!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf.
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Skizzenbuch. Lieder und Bilder, in Mädchenlieder, no. 3
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 90