Longing | Like water, running day and night

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by Franz Theodor Kugler (1808 - 1858)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Es rinnen die Wasser Tag und Nacht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Es rinnen die Wasser Tag und Nacht,
Deine Sehnsucht wacht.
Du gedenkest der vergangenen Zeit,
Die liegt so weit.
Du siehst hinaus in den Morgenschein
Und bist allein.
Es rinnen die Wasser Tag und Nacht,
Deine Sehnsucht wacht.

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Text Authorship:

by Franz Theodor Kugler (1808 - 1858) [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Sehnsucht", op. 112 (Sechs Quartette für S., A., T. und B. mit Pianoforte) no. 1 (1891), published 1892 [ SATB quartet and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
by Clara von Gossler (1827 - 1864), "Es rinnen die Wasser ", published 1863 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 5, Leipzig: Heinze [sung text not yet checked]
by Eugen Hildach (1849 - 1924), "Es rinnen die Wasser bei Tag und Nacht", op. 2 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit PianoforteZwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Longing", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Désir", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 38

Longing

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Like water, running day and night,
your longing lies awake.
You think about a vanished time
that lies so far away.
You look out into the light of morning
and you are alone.
Like water, running day and night,
your longing lies awake.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 43