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Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, Mit der ich sonst viele Zeit verdorben, Sie hat so lange [von mir nichts]1 vernommen, Sie mag wohl glauben, ich sei gestorben. Es ist mir auch gar nichts daran gelegen, Ob sie mich für gestorben hält, Ich kann auch gar nichts sagen dagegen, Denn wirklich bin ich gestorben der Welt. Ich bin gestorben dem [Weltgewimmel]2, Und ruh' in einem stillen Gebiet. Ich leb' allein [in mir und meinem]3 Himmel, In meinem Lieben, in meinem Lied.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Mahler: "nichts von mir"
2 Mahler: "Weltgetümmel"
3 Mahler: "in meinem"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 4. Vierter Strauß. Wiedergewonnen [or Entfremdet], no. 29 [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 Rudolph Bergh (1859 - 1924), "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen", op. 30 no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Ippisch (1883 - 1958), "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen", 1918 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Lieder mit Klavierbegleitung aus dem "Liebesfrühling" von Friedrich Rückert für hohe Stimme, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen", 1901-2, published 1905 [ voice and orchestra ], from Fünf Rückertlieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen", op. 284 no. 2 (2018) [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder nach Friedrich Rückert, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Wetz (1875 - 1935), "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen", op. 41 (Sechs Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig: Fr. Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "He esdevingut distant del món", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Hansa Krijgsman) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I am lost to the world", copyright ©
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Straniero al mondo sono diventato", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Alicja Istigniejew) , "Jestem stracony dla świata", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Caê Vieira) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elena María Accinelli) , "He desaparecido del mundo", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SWE Swedish (Svenska) (Yvonne Helander) , "Jag har släppt taget om världen", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 81
I am lost to the world with which I used to waste so much time, It has heard nothing from me for so long that it may very well believe that I am dead! It is of no consequence to me Whether it thinks me dead; I cannot deny it, for I really am dead to the world. I am dead to the world's tumult, And I rest in a quiet realm! I live alone in my heaven, In my love and in my song.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 4. Vierter Strauß. Wiedergewonnen [or Entfremdet], no. 29
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 85