Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Hungarian (Magyar)
Available translation(s): AFR CAT DUT DUT ENG ENG FIN FIN FRE ITA
Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe,
ein gar zu gefährlicher Bronnen;
da fiel ich hinein, ich Armer,
kann weder hören noch sehn,
nur denken an meine Wonnen,
nur stöhnen in meinen Wehn.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Georg Friedrich Daumer, Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, zweiter Band, Frankfurt am Main: Literarische Anstalt, 1855, page 122. Appears in Völkerstimmen in bunter Reihe, in Magyarisch, no. 15.
Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), "A szerelem, a szerelem", written 1843
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pauline Kroger) , copyright © 2005, (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) , "Love is a dark shaft", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Milla Valkeasuo) , "Rakkaus on synkkä rotko", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'amour est un sombre puits", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust
[Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 31
Een donkere schacht is liefde
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch)
Een donkere schacht is liefde,
Een al te gevaarlijke diepte;
Daar viel ik toch in, ik arme,
Die niets meer hoort en niets ziet,
'k Kan denken slechts aan mijn vreugde,
Slechts kreunen in mijn verdriet.
About the headline (FAQ)
Authorship:
Based on:
Based on:
- a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), "A szerelem, a szerelem", written 1843
This text was added to the website: 2015-03-23
Line count: 6
Word count: 36