Wer nie sein Brod [mit]1 Thränen aß, Wer [nie die kummervollen Nächte]2 Auf seinem [Bette]3 weinend saß, Der kennt euch nicht, ihr himmlischen Mächte! Ihr führt ins Leben uns hinein, Ihr laßt den Armen schuldig werden, Dann überlaßt ihr ihn der Pein: Denn alle Schuld rächt sich auf Erden.
Drei Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte , opus 16
by Wilhelm Czerwinski (1837 - 1893)
Translations available for the entire opus: ENG
1. Wer nie sein Brot mit Thränen aß [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Harfenspieler", written <<1783, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jan Evangelista Nečas) , "Harfeník"
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Wie nooit zijn brood in tranen at", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "He who never ate his bread with tears", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation]
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Celui qui n'a jamais mangé son pain avec des larmes", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Chi non mangiò mai pane bagnato di lacrime", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Zweyter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 122; and with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Achtzehnter Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1828, pages 217-218.
First published in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. Ein Roman. Herausgegeben von Goethe. Erster Band. Berlin. Bey Johann Friedrich Unger. 1795, page 346. The poem appears in Book 2, Chapter 13 of Goethe's novel.
See also Baggesen's parody, Leiden.
1 Lachner: "in"2 Lachner: "nicht die kummervollen Nächte, wer nicht in kummervollen Nächten"
3 Droste-Hülshoff: "Lager"
1. Kto hrwawanie zaplalat lza
Language: Polish (Polski)
Kto hrwawanie zaplalat lza
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
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2. Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen, und ich glaubt', ich trüg' es nie; und ich hab' es doch getragen - aber fragt mich nur nicht, wie?
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 8, first published 1819
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "In 't begin wou 'k haast versagen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "At first I almost despaired", copyright ©
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au début, j'étais presque découragé", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "All'inizio stavo per scoraggiarmi", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Beate Binnig) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
2. Z glebin serca wydrzéc che atem
Language: Polish (Polski)
Z glebin serca wydrzéc che atem
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 8, first published 1819
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3. Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh' [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Über allen [Gipfeln]1 Ist Ruh', In allen Wipfeln Spürest du Kaum einen Hauch; Die [Vögelein]2 schweigen im Walde. Warte nur, balde Ruhest du auch.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), title 1: "Ein gleiches", title 2: "Wandrers Nachtlied", subtitle: "Ein gleiches", written 1780, first published 1815
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Karel Dostál-Lutinov) , "Počkej", first published 1917
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Wim Reedijk) , "Boven alle bergen", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Trekkers nachtlied II", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Over all the peaks it is peaceful", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , "The wanderer's night-song", appears in The Poems of Goethe, first published 1853
- ENG English [singable] (Arthur Westbrook) , "Wanderer's night song"
- ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Yölaulu", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chant de nuit du voyageur II", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Au sommet de tous les pics", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sopra ogni vetta", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Canto notturno del viandante I", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky) , no title
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Mercedes Vivas) , "Sobre todas las cumbres", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1827, page 109; and with Goethe's Werke. Erster Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. 1815, page 99.
Note: in many older editions, the spelling of the capitalized word "über" becomes "Ueber", but this is often due to the printing process and not to rules of orthography, since the lower-case version is not "ueber", so we use "Über".
1 Flügel, Gaugler, Hasse, Radecke: "Wipfeln" (according to the incipits given in Hofmeister) ; further changes may exist not noted above. Lachner: Both "Gipfeln" and "Wipfeln."2 Schubert: "Vöglein"
See also J.D. Falk's poem Unter allen Wipfeln ist Ruh.
3. Dto kurhan starg we s'nie
Language: Polish (Polski)
Dto kurhan starg we s'nie
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), title 1: "Ein gleiches", title 2: "Wandrers Nachtlied", subtitle: "Ein gleiches", written 1780, first published 1815
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