Chant dans l'absence | Ah, mon cœur est si lourd !

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by Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750 - 1819)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Ach, mir ist das Herz so schwer!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Ach, mir ist das Herz so schwer!
Traurig irr' ich hin und her,
Suche [Ruh und]¹ finde keine,
Geh ans Fenster hin, und weine!

Sässest du auf meinem Schooß,
Würd ich aller Sorgen los,
Und aus deinen blauen Augen 
Würd ich Lieb' und Wonne saugen!

Könnt' ich doch, du süsses Kind,
Fliegen hin zu dir geschwind!
Könnt ich ewig dich umfangen,
Und an deinen Lippen hangen!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• F. Schubert

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Confirmed with Gedichte der Brüder Christian und Friedrich Leopold Grafen zu Stolberg. herausgegeben von Heinrich Christian Boie. Leipzig, in der Weygandschen Buchhandlung. 1779, page 146; and with Poetische Blumenlese für das Jahr 1777. Herausgegeben von Joh. Heinr. Voß. Hamburg, bey Carl Ernst Bohn, page 101.

¹ Schubert: "Ruhe,"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750 - 1819), "Lied in der Abwesenheit", written 1775, first published 1777 [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 Carl Christian Agthe (1762 - 1797), "Lied", published 1782 [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Lied in der Abwesenheit", D 416 (1816), published 1925 [ voice, piano ], note: fragment, completed by E. Mandyczewsky [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 67

Chant dans l'absence

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Ah, mon cœur est si lourd !
Tristement j'erre ici et là,
Je cherche la paix, je ne la trouve pas,
Je vais à la fenêtre et je pleure !

Si tu étais assis sur mes genoux,
Tous mes soucis disparaîtraient,
Et de tes yeux bleus
Je tirerais amour et bonheur !

Mon doux enfant, si je pouvais
Voler vite vers toi !
Si seulement je pouvais t'embrasser pour toujours
Et me pendre à tes lèvres !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750 - 1819), "Lied in der Abwesenheit", written 1775, first published 1777
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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 72