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Hinter jenen dichten Wäldern Weilst du meine Süßgeliebte Weit ach weit, weit ach weit! Berstet ihr Felsen, Ebnet euch Täler, Daß ich ersehe, Daß ich erspähe Meine ferne, süße Maid!
Authorship
- by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876), "Sehnsucht", appears in Slawische Volkslieder, in 1. Böhmische Volkslieder, Halle, first published 1830 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Sehnsucht", op. 49 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3 (1868), published 1868, first performed 1870 [voice and piano], Berlin, Simrock [text verified 1 time]
- by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Sehnsucht", op. 59 no. 8, published 1877 [vocal duet for 2 female voices with piano], from Zehn deutsche und slavische Volkspoesien für 2 Frauenstimmen mit Pianoforte, no. 8, Leipzig, Kahnt [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Yearning", copyright ©
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , title 1: "Desiderio", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Nostalgie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Hunkering", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 30
Derrière ces forêts denses Tu demeure, mon doux amour, Loin, ah, loin ! Loin, ah, loin ! Éclatez, rochers, Soulevez-vous, vallées, Que je puisse voir, Que je puisse apercevoir Mon aimée lointaine et douce !
Authorship
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Guy Laffaille, (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.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876), "Sehnsucht", appears in Slawische Volkslieder, in 1. Böhmische Volkslieder, Halle, first published 1830
- a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2012-09-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 35