by
Richard Engländer (1859 - 1919), as Peter Altenberg
Traurigkeit
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG NOR
Weinet, sanfte Mädchen -- -- -- -- --!
[Solange]1 Ihr weinet, tragt Ihr im traurigen Herzen die Welt!
Weinet, sanfte Mädchen -- -- --.
Haltet vor das bebende Antlitz die Hände -- -- --
Wenn ihr sie lächelnd senkt,
Ist es zu Ende!
View original text (without footnotes)
Confirmed with Peter Altenberg, „Traurigkeit“ in Jugend, Münchner Illustrierte Wochenschrift, Nr. 24 , 1900, page 403.
1 Berg: "So lang"
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Sadness", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Tristhet", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Virginia Knight , Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 34
Tristhet
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)  after the German (Deutsch)
Gråt, sarte kvinne...!
Så lenge hun gråter, bærer hun verden i sitt triste hjerte!
Gråt, sarte kvinne!
Hold hendene foran ditt skjelvende åsyn.
Når hun smilende senker dem, er det hele over.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Norwegian (Bokmål) copyright © 2012 by Marianne Beate Kielland, (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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Engländer (1859 - 1919), as Peter Altenberg, "Traurigkeit"
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-23
Line count: 5
Word count: 32