In the lane | I gaze down the lane

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by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Ich blicke hinab in die Gasse

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Ich blicke hinab in die Gasse,
Dort drüben hat sie gewohnt;
Das öde, verlassene Fenster,
Wie hell bescheint's der Mond.

Es gibt so viel zu beleuchten;
O holde Strahlen des Lichts,
Was [webt]¹ ihr denn gespenstisch
Um jene Stätte des Nichts!

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• A. Berg • J. Brahms • W. Courvoisier

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¹ Berg: "wollt"

Text Authorship:

by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), "Spuk", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Vermischte Gedichte, in Ein frühes Liebesleben, no. 6 [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 Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Spuck", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Rörich [sung text not yet checked]
by Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Spuk", 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. II (1904-08), no. 47 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "In der Gasse", op. 58 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 6 (1868?), published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
by Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931), "Spuk", op. 16 (Fünf Gedichte von Friedrich Hebbel) no. 5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in Portuguese (Português), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Paulo Florence.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

In the lane

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I gaze down the lane:
Over there, she used to live;
That desolate, abandoned window,
How brightly does the moon shine on it!

There is so much to illuminate;
Oh lovely beams of light,
Why do you weave so eerily
About this place of nothingness?

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a text in German (Deutsch) by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), "Spuk", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Vermischte Gedichte, in Ein frühes Liebesleben, no. 6
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 45

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