Sehnsucht

Schwer, langweilig ist mir mein Zeit,
Seit ich mich täte scheiden 
Von dir, mein Schatz und höchste Freud,
[Ich merk', daß ich]1 muß leiden;
[Ach]2 weh der Frist, 
Zu lang sie ist,
Wird mir zu lang in Schmerzen,
Daß ich oft klag:
Es scheint kein Tag,
[Der]3 wird gedacht im Herzen.

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¹ B. Walter: "O wie ich dess"
² B. Walter: "O"
³ Schoenberg: "Des" ; B. Walter: "Dess"

Authorship

from Folk poetry or song tradition (Volkslieder) , "Sehnsucht (Aus einem Musikbuche)", from Des Knaben Wunderhorn

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

by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874-1951) , "Sehnsucht", op. 8 no. 3 (1903-5), from Sechs Orchesterlieder, no. 3.
by Bruno Walter (1876-1962) , "Sehnsucht", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 1 no. 3. [voice and piano]

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