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Was ist mir denn so wehe? Es liegt ja wie im Traum Der Grund schon, wo ich stehe, Die Wälder säuseln kaum Noch von der dunklen Höhe. Es komme wie es will, Was ist mir denn so wehe - Wie bald wird alles still.
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Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's sämtliche poetische Werke, dritte Auflage, Erster Band, Gedichte, C. F. Amelang's Verlag, Leipzig, 1883.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 3 [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 Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859 - 1937), "Was ist mir denn so wehe", op. 96 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1897 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofbauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Was ist mir denn so wehe?", c1926-28, published 1928 [ voice and piano ], from Ten Songs by Ernst Bacon, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Was ist mir denn so wehe?", op. 56 (Vier Eichendorff'sche Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Wehmuth", op. 26 ([Acht] Lieder und Romanzen für vierstimmigen Frauenchor a capella, oder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1879 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella (or with piano) ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "Was ist mir denn so wehe?", 1922 [ alto or baritone and piano ], from Eichendorff-Lieder [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952), "Was ist mir denn so Wehe?", from Fünf Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alphonse Maurice (1856 - 1905), "Was ist mir denn so wehe", op. 36 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Traum", op. 15 (Zehn Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 (1894), published 1895 [ medium voice and piano ], London, Augener & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), "Auf meines Kindes Tod", 1978 [ baritone, piano ], from Nachtstück II, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julie Schnitzler , "Wie ist mir denn so wehe" [ high voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder mit Klavier, no. 2, Leipzig : Oscar Brandstetter [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 43
What is it that pains me so? It lies as if already in a dream, The ground upon which I stand; The forests are hardly soughing Still from the dark heights. Come what may, What is it that pains me so - How soon everything becomes quiet.
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Translated titles:
"Auf meines Kindes Tod" = "On the Death of My Child"
"Was ist mir denn so wehe?" = "What is it that pains me so?"
"Wehmuth" = "Melancholy"
"Traum" = "Dream"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2013-08-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 46