Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen

Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen,
Und der Regen niederbricht,
Und die lauten Winde klagen:
Teich, wo ist dein Sternenlicht?

Suchen den erloschnen Schimmer
Tief im aufgewühlten See.
Deine Liebe lächelt nimmer
Nieder in mein tiefes Weh!

by Nikolaus Lenau (1802-1850) [pseudonym] , no title, from Gedichte: Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht, in Schilflieder, no. 2

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

by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 2 (Schilflieder) no. 3, published 1844.
by Julius Lammers (1829-1888) , "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 7 (Schilf-Lieder) no. 2. [voice and piano]
by Henri Marteau (1874-1934) , "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 31 (Fünf Schilflieder) no. 2, published 1925. [baritone, viola and piano]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 2 (Drei Schilflieder) no. 2 (1905).
by Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel (1854-1912) , "Trübe wird's, die Wolken jagen", op. 10 no. 2 (1875) [voice and piano], from Schilf-Lieder, no. 2, also set in Flemish (translated by E. Hiel)
by Emilie Zumsteeg (1796-1857) , "Schilflied Nr. 2", op. 6 (Lieder) no. 2.

ENG English (Emily Ezust)
ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue)
FRE French (Pierre Mathé)

Date added to the website: 2003-10-13.

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