Congedo | Quando ci dicemmo addio il cielo era tempestoso e cupo

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by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Als wir schieden, da war's am Himmel...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Als wir schieden, da war's am Himmel stürmisch und trübe,
  Lag die Erde [so]¹ kalt, schwiegen die Vögel im Tal.
Jahre schwanden indes, noch stürmt mir immer der Himmel,
  Liegt die Erde mir kalt, singt mir kein Vogel im Tal.

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• J. Lang

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Confirmed with Justinus Kerner Werke, Zweiter Teil, Gedichte, ed. Raimund Pissin, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., 1914, page 192.

¹ Lang: "mir"

Text Authorship:

by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "An L. U[hland]", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Abschied", op. 11 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 4 (1835), published 1845 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]

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Congedo

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Quando ci dicemmo addio il cielo era tempestoso e cupo.
Fredda la terra; senza canto d'uccelli la valle.
Sono passati gli anni, ma per me tutto è rimasto eguale:
cupo il cielo, fredda la terra, muta la valle.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner (1786 - 1862), "An L. U[hland]", appears in Gedichte, in Die lyrischen Gedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2012-01-16
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