Sorg (Wesendonck, set by Richard Wagner) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by (Agnes) Mathilde Wesendonck, née Luckemeyer (1828 - 1902)

Translation © by Are Frode Søholt

Schmerzen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE ITA NOR NYN RUS

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!

Authorship

by (Agnes) Mathilde Wesendonck, née Luckemeyer (1828 - 1902) [author's text not yet checked 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 Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883), "Schmerzen", WWV 91 no. 4 (1857), published 1862 [female voice and piano or orchestra], from Wesendonck-Lieder, no. 4, Mainz, Schott, also set in French (Français) [ sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Victor Wilder (1835 - 1892) CAT ENG ITA ITA NOR NYN RUS ; 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

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:55
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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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a text in German (Deutsch) by (Agnes) Mathilde Wesendonck, née Luckemeyer (1828 - 1902)

Text added to the website: 2012-01-25 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:45
Line count: 16
Word count: 89