by
Paul Hohenberg (1885 - 1956)
Sehnsucht I
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Hier in der öden Fremde,
ach so fern von dir,
wildes wildes qualvolles Sehnen
bricht mir das Herze schier.
Düstre Wälder und Klüfte
sind der Aufenthalt mir.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , "Longing I", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nostalgie I", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 27
Longing I
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Here in the dreary wilderness,
Ah, so far from you,
Wild, wild anguished longing
Utterly breaks my heart.
Gloomy woods and chasms
Are my home.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 by Michael P Rosewall, (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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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-04
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Word count: 25