Text & Translation
Wonne der Wehmut
German source:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Tränen der ewigen Liebe!
Ach, nur dem halbgetrockneten Auge,
Wie öde, wie tot die Welt ihm erscheint!
Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht,
Tränen unglücklicher Liebe!
Delight in Melancholy
English translation ©
Richard Wigmore
tears of eternal love!
Ah, even when the eye is but half dry
how desolate, how dead the world appears!
Do not grow dry, do not grow dry,
tears of unhappy love!
Wonne der Wehmut
German source:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Delight in Melancholy
English source:
Richard Wigmore
Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht,
Do not grow dry, do not grow dry,
Tränen der ewigen Liebe!
tears of eternal love!
Ach, nur dem halbgetrockneten Auge,
Ah, even when the eye is but half dry
Wie öde, wie tot die Welt ihm erscheint!
how desolate, how dead the world appears!
Trocknet nicht, trocknet nicht,
Do not grow dry, do not grow dry,
Tränen unglücklicher Liebe!
tears of unhappy love!
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the classical and romantic eras in classical music, he remains one of the most recognized and influential…
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…