Mignon | Alleen degene die

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by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862)

Translation © by Sonja Van Lier

Нет, только тот, кто знал

Language: Russian (Русский) after the German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT

Нет, только тот, кто знал 
  Свиданья, жажду,
Поймёт, как я страдал 
  И как я стражду.

Гляжу я вдаль... нет сил, 
  Тускнеет око...
Ах, кто меня любил 
  И знал - далеко!¹

Вся грудь горит... Кто знал
   Свиданья жажду,
Поймёт, как я страдал
   И как я стражду.

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¹ Tchaikovsky adds

Ах, только тот, кто знал 
  Свиданья, жажду,
Поймёт, как я страдал 
  И как я стражду.

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Text Authorship:

by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862), no title, written 1858 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1785, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Vojtěch Hlaváč (1849 - 1911), as Войтех Иванович Главач, "Нет, только тот, кто знал" [sung text not yet checked]
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Песнь Миньоны: Нет, толко тот, кто знал", op. 6 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 6 (1869), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Sonja Van Lier) , "Mignon", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 45

Mignon

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the Russian (Русский)

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Alleen degene die 
de eenzaamheid kent 
en die verlangt
naar een ontmoeting, 
weet hoe ik heb geleden
en nog immer lijd.

Met omfloerste blik, 
staar ik in de verte.
Ach, degene die van mij 
hield en mij kende is ver weg.
Alleen degene die 
de eenzaamheid kent 
en die verlangt.

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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862), no title, written 1858
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1785, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2013-05-15
Line count: 13
Word count: 50