Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt

Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
Weiß, was ich leide!
Allein und abgetrennt
Von aller Freude,
Seh ich [ans]1 Firmament
Nach [jener]2 Seite.

Ach! der mich liebt und kennt,
Ist in der Weite.
Es schwindelt mir, es brennt
Mein Eingeweide.
Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
Weiß, was ich leide!

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , from Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre

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

by Johann Anton André (1775-1842) , "Sehnsucht", c1818/9.
by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , "Sehnsucht", WoO. 134 (1808).
by Catharinus Elling (1858-1942) , "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt"
by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850-1900) , "Lied der Mignon (Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt)", H. 134 no. 2 (1871), published 1893, first performed 1914, from Aus Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahren, no. 2.
by Hans Fleischer (1896-1981) , "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt", op. 78 (8 Lieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier) no. 7 (1923). [medium voice and piano]
by Carl Theodor Flodin (1858-1925) , "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt" [voice and piano]
by Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803-1836) , "Mignon", published 1830.
by E. von Hettersdorf , "Sehnsucht", c1811/2.
by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811-1885) , "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt", op. 129 no. 3.
by Johann Christoph Kienlen (1783-1829) , "Lied der Mignon und des Harfenspielers", published 1810, from Zwölf Lieder von Goethe, no. 3.
by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793-1832) , "Mignon", published c1820. [voice and piano]
by Joseph Klein (1802-1862) , "Mignon", published 1836 [voice and piano], from Sechs Gedichte aus Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahren, von Goethe, no. 2.
by Josephine Lang (1815-1880) , "Mignons Klage", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 (1835).
by Leopold Lenz (1803-1862) , "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt", op. 12 no. 7, published 1832 [two voices and piano], from Mignon der Harfner und Philine ein Cyclus von acht Gesaengen aus "Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre", no. 7.
by Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe (1796-1869) , "Sehnsucht", op. 9, Heft 3 no. 5 (1818?)
by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880-1951) , "Mignon", op. 18 no. 4 (1908-9), from Sechs Gedichte von Goethe, no. 4.
by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) , "Mignon", 1826.
by Emanuel Moór (1863-1931) , "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt", op. 13 (Sechzehn Lieder) no. 14.
by Ignaz von Mosel (1772-1844) , "Sehnsucht", published c1820/1 [voice and piano], from Sechs Gedichte, no. 3.
by Heinrich Proch (1809-1878) , "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt", op. 79 no. 2.
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Sehnsucht", published 1795-6.
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Sehnsucht", published 1805-6.
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829-1894) , "Mignon und der Harfner", op. 91 no. 7, from Die Gedichte und das Requiem fur Mignon aus Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahre", no. 7.
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Sehnsucht", D. 310 (1815), published 1895, note: there are two versions of this setting
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Lied der Mignon", D. 359 (1816), published 1872.
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Lied der Mignon", D. 481 (1816), published 1895.
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt", alternate title: "Sehnsucht", D. 656 (1819), published 1867. [quintet for male chorus]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Mignon und der Harfner", op. 62 no. 1, D. 877 no. 1 (1826). [duet]
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Lied der Mignon", op. 62 no. 4, D. 877 no. 4 (1826).
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt", op. 98a no. 3 (1849).
by F(erdinand?) Stein , "Sehnsucht"
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) , "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt", op. 6 (Shest' romansov) no. 6 (1869), note: also set in Russian
by Fabio Vacchi (1949-) , "Mignon (Über die Sehsucht)", 1995.
by Wendelin Weißheimer (1838-1910) , "Mignon" [voice and piano]
by Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) , "Mignon II", from Goethe-Lieder, no. 6.
by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) , "Sehnsucht", 1795, published 1821, rev. 1812.

by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) , "Pesn' Min'ony: Net, tolko tot, kto znal", op. 6 (Shest' romansov) no. 6 (1869), note: also set in German

ITA Italian (Paolo Montanari)
FRE French (Guy Laffaille)
ENG English (Lawrence Snyder)
POR Portuguese (Ana Vargas)
DUT Dutch [singable] (Lau Kanen)
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)

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Pesn' Min'ony: Net, tolko tot, kto znal

Net, tol'ko tot, 
kto znal svidan'ja, zhazhdu,
pojmjot, kak ja stradal 
i kak ja strazhdu.
Gljazhu ja vdal'... 
net sil, tusknejet oko...

Akh, kto menja ljubil 
i znal - daleko!
Akh, tol'ko tot, 
kto znal svidan'ja zhazhdu,
pojmjot, kak ja stradal
i kak ja strazhdu.
Vsja grud' gorit...

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Note on Transliteration

by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822-1862)

a text in German by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , from Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre DUT ENG POR ITA FRE

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

by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) , "Pesn' Min'ony: Net, tolko tot, kto znal", op. 6 (Shest' romansov) no. 6 (1869), note: also set in German

Date added to the website: 0000-00-00.