Schwarzer Wald, Op. 65, No. 12 (Johannes Brahms)

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Editor: John Henry Fowler (added 2008-2-11).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 70 kbytes       Copyright: Public Domain
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General Information

Title: Schwarzer Wald, Op. 65, No. 12
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Lieder

Language: German
Instruments: Piano 2 Pianos (4 Hand Piano)
Published: 1874

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Original text and translations

Image:German.png German text

Schwarzer Wald, dein Schatten ist so düster!
Armes Herz, dein Leiden ist so drückend!
Was dir einzig wert, es steht vor Augen;
ewig untersagt ist Huldvereinung.
German text by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800-1875)
Based on a text in Serbian by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, [text unavailable]



Image:English.png English translation

Dark forest, your shade is so gloomy!
Poor heart, your sorrow presses so heavily!
The only thing valuable to you is standing before your eyes;
eternally forbidden is that union with love.
English translation copyright by Emily Ezust - [The Lied and Art Song Page]
Used with translator's permission.


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