Verborgenheit

Laß, o Welt, o laß mich sein!
Locket nicht mit Liebesgaben,
Laßt dies Herz alleine haben
Seine Wonne, seine Pein!

Was ich traure, weiß ich nicht,
Es ist unbekanntes Wehe;
Immerdar durch Tränen sehe
Ich der Sonne liebes Licht.

Oft bin ich mir kaum bewußt,
Und die helle Freude zücket
Durch die Schwere, [die]1 mich drücket,
Wonniglich in meiner Brust.

Laß, o Welt, o laß mich sein!
Locket nicht mit Liebesgaben,
Laßt dies Herz alleine haben
Seine Wonne, seine Pein!

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¹ Wolf: "so"

Authorship

by Eduard Mörike (1804-1875) , "Verborgenheit"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by H. Abheiter , "Verborgenheit"
by Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859-1937) , "Verborgenheit", op. 131 (Sechs Duette) no. 3. [duet for 2 voices with piano]
by Gary Bachlund , "Verborgenheit", 2009. [high voice or low voice and piano]
by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820-1867) , "Verborgenheit", op. 12 (Eine Frühlingsliebe), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1850. [voice and piano]
by Georg(e) Felix Benkert , "Verborgenheit", op. 12, published c1855.
by Adolf Blomberg , "Verborgenheit", op. 8 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1879 [voice and piano], Bonn, Cohen
by Benedikt Burghardt , "Verborgenheit", 1987, published 1990. [mixed chorus]
by Willy Burkhard (1900-1955) , "Verborgenheit", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1959.
by Hugo Distler (1908-1942) , "Verborgenheit", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 2 no. 4 (1939). [chorus]
by Hugo Distler (1908-1942) , "Verborgenheit", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 3 no. 6 (1939). [chorus]
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Verborgenheit", op. 28 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 5, published 1870?
by Robert Fuchs (1847-1927) , "Verborgenheit", op. 16 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme (Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1876 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner
by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848-1906) , "Lass, o Welt, o lass mich sein", published 1893 [voice and piano], from Neue Lieder und Gesänge, no. 20, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel
by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927-) , "Verborgenheit", 2003/4, first performed 2004 [tenor and piano], from Mörike-Liederzyklus, no. 8.
by Peter Jona Korn (1922-) , "Verborgenheit", op. 24 no. 4 (1954), published 1964 [medium voice and piano], from Der Pfarrer von Cleversulzbach, no. 4.
by Eduard Lassen (1830-1904) , "Verborgenheit"
by Gerhard Rabe (1944-) , "Verborgenheit", published 2003 [mixed chorus a cappella or with chamber orchestra or piano], from Flücht'ge Stunden, no. 4.
by Carl Ressler , "Verborgenheit"
by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879-1973) , "Verborgenheit"
by Alexander Winterberger (1834-1914) , "Lass, o Welt, o lass mich sein", op. 91 (Dreissig Lieder und Gesänge) no. 1, published 1885.
by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Verborgenheit", 1888, from Mörike-Lieder, no. 12.
by Franz Wüllner (1832-1902) , "Verborgenheit", op. 7 no. 4.

ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "Seclusion", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Vittorio Fellegara) , "Solitudine", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Marie Boileau) , "Secrecy"
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , "Claustration", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Gerardo Garciacano Hinojosa) (Simone von Büren) , "Reclusión", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Retirement", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Solitudine

 Lasciami, o mondo, lasciami in pace!
 Non mi sedurre con doni d'amore,
 lascia che questo cuore abbia solitario
 la sua gioia, il suo tormento!

 Perché mi affligga, non so,
 è ignoto dolore;
 vedo sempre tra le lacrime
 la cara luce del sole.

 Talora, ma appena me ne accorgo,
 lucente e fuggitiva una gioia,
 attraverso l'affanno che mi grava,
 vibra deliziosa nel mio cuore.

 Lasciami, o mondo, lasciami in pace!
 Non mi sedurre con doni d'amore,
 lascia che questo cuore abbia solitario
 la sua gioia, il suo tormento!

Authorship

Translation from German to Italian copyright © by Vittorio Fellegara, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder(s) when requesting permission to reprint and be sure to give proper credit.

a text in German by Eduard Mörike (1804-1875) , "Verborgenheit" ENG FRE SPA

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.