An Mignon
German source:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Ziehet rein der Sonne Wagen.
Ach! sie regt in ihrem Lauf,
So wie deine, meine Schmerzen,
Tief im Herzen,
Immer morgens wieder auf.
Kaum will mir die Nacht noch frommen,
Denn die Träume selber kommen
Nun in trauriger Gestalt,
Und ich fühle dieser Schmerzen,
Still im Herzen,
Heimlich bildende Gewalt.
To Mignon
English translation ©
Richard Wigmore
the sun’s pure chariot moves on.
Ah, in its course it stirs
your sorrows and mine,
deep in our hearts,
anew each morning.
The night brings me scant comfort,
for then my dreams themselves appear
in mournful guise,
and in my heart
I feel the secret silent power
of these sorrows grow.
Translations by Richard Wigmore first published by Gollancz and reprinted in the Hyperion Schubert Song Edition
An Mignon
German source:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To Mignon
English source:
Richard Wigmore
Über Tal und Fluss getragen
Borne over valley and river
Ziehet rein der Sonne Wagen.
the sun’s pure chariot moves on.
Ach! sie regt in ihrem Lauf,
Ah, in its course it stirs
So wie deine, meine Schmerzen,
your sorrows and mine,
Tief im Herzen,
deep in our hearts,
Immer morgens wieder auf.
anew each morning.
Kaum will mir die Nacht noch frommen,
The night brings me scant comfort,
Denn die Träume selber kommen
for then my dreams themselves appear
Nun in trauriger Gestalt,
in mournful guise,
Und ich fühle dieser Schmerzen,
and in my heart
Still im Herzen,
I feel the secret silent power
Heimlich bildende Gewalt.
of these sorrows grow.
Composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an late Classical and early Romantic composer. He produced a vast oeuvre during his short life, composing more the 600 vocal works (largely Lieder), and well as several symphonies, operas, and a large body of piano music. He…
Poet
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on…