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!

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 two voices with piano]
by Gary Bachlund , "Verborgenheit", 2009. [high 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 A. Blomberg , "Verborgenheit", op. 8 no. 3.
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) [choral], from Mörike-Chorliederbuch
by Hugo Distler (1908-1942) , "Verborgenheit", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 3 no. 6 (1939) [choral], from Mörike-Chorliederbuch
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Verborgenheit", op. 28 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 5, published 1870?
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.
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.

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Secrecy

Tempt me not, o world, again
lure me not with joys that perish,
let my heart, unspoken, cherish
all its rapture, all its pain.

Unknown grief consumes my days,
'tis with eyes all veiled by sorrow
that, when dawns each hopeless morrow,
on the glorious sun I gaze.

Only dreaming brings me rest
only then a ray of gladness,
sent from Heaven, cheers my sadness
lights the gloom within my breast.

Tempt me not, o world, again
lure me not with joys that perish,
let my heart, unspoken, cherish
all its rapture, all its pain.

Singable translation by Marie Boileau , "Secrecy"

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

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Date added to the website: 2008-12-11.