by (Agnes) Mathilde Wesendonck, née Luckemeyer (1828 - 1902)
Translation © by Are Frode Søholt

Schmerzen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE ITA NOR NYN RUS SPA
Sonne, weinest jeden Abend
Dir die schönen Augen rot,
Wenn im Meeresspiegel badend
Dich erreicht der frühe Tod;

Doch erstehst in alter Pracht,
Glorie der düstren Welt,
Du am Morgen neu erwacht,
Wie ein stolzer Siegesheld!

Ach, wie sollte ich da klagen,
Wie, mein Herz, so schwer dich sehn,
Muß die Sonne selbst verzagen,
Muß die Sonne untergehn?

Und gebieret Tod nur Leben,
Geben Schmerzen Wonne nur:
O wie dank ich, daß gegeben
Solche Schmerzen mir Natur!

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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Victor Wilder (1835 - 1892) ; composed by Richard Wagner.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Dolors", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Anguish", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Douleurs", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Dolori", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Arrigo Enrico Boito) , "Dolori"
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Smerter", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NYN Norwegian (Nynorsk) (Are Frode Søholt) , "Sorg", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • RUS Russian (Русский) (Elena Danilova) , "Муки", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Susana Martin Dudoignon) , "Pesares", copyright © 2021, (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: 77

Sorg
Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Sol, du gret kvar kveld
dei vakre augo dine raude.
Når du badar der i sjøen
glir du inn i jordisk død.

Men du stig opp igjen i gamal prakt,
glorien til den mørke verd,
om morgonen: vaken på ny
som ein stolt og sigrande helt!

Så då, kvifor må eg klage?
Kvifor er mitt hjarte tungt?
Om sola sjølv må orvonast,
om sola sjølv må gå under?

Og om døden føder liv,
og frå smerta veks ei lukke,
så er eg naturen takksam
som så mykje smerte gir.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Norwegian (Nynorsk) copyright © 2012 by Are Frode Søholt, (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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This text was added to the website: 2012-01-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 89