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Ach neige, du Schmerzenreiche from Faust (Arr. for Oboe d'amore)

from Oboe Salon by Ann Lemke, Amanda Sabelhaus

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Originally for voice and piano, vocal part transcribed for oboe d'amore by Ann Lemke. First recording with this instrumentation. Text from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

lyrics

Ach neige, du Schmerzenreiche
aus Faust

Ach neige,
Du Schmerzenreiche,
Dein Antlitz gnädig meiner Not!

Das Schwert im Herzen,
Mit tausend Schmerzen
Blickst auf zu deines Sohnes Tod.

Zum Vater blickst du,
Und Seufzer schickst du
Hinauf um sein’ und deine Not.

Wer fühlet,
Wie wühlet
Der Schmerz mir Gebein?
Was mein armes Herz hier banget,
Was es zittert, was verlanget,
Weißt nur du, nur du allein!

Wohin ich immer gehe,
Wie weh’, wie weh’, wie wehe
Wird mir im Busen hier!
Ich bin ach kaum alleine,
Ich wein’, ich wein’ ich weine,
Das Herz zerbricht in mir!

Die Scherben vor meinem Fenster
Betaut’ ich mit Tränen, ach!
Als ich am frühen Morgen
Dir diese Blumen brach.

Schien hell in meine Kammer
Die Sonne früh herauf,
Saß ich in allem Jammer
In meinem Bett schon auf.

Hilf! rette mich von Schmach und Tod!
Ach neige,
Du Schmerzenreiche,
Dein Antlitz gnädig meiner Not!

Translation by Ann Lemke:

Ah, incline, thou full of pain
from Faust

Ah incline,
Thou full of pain,
Your merciful countenance to my distress!

The sword in your heart,
With a thousand agonies
You gaze up to your son’s death.

You gaze to the Father,
And send sighs
Upwards for his and your distress.

Who feels
How churns
The pain in my limbs?
What agonizes my poor heart here,
What makes it tremble, what it desires,
Know only you, you alone!

Wherever I go,
Such woe, such woe, such woe
I feel here in my bosom!
Ah, hardly am I alone,
I cry, I cry, I cry,
My heart breaks within me!

The shards in front of my window
I bedewed with tears, ah!
As I in the early morning
Brought you these flowers.

As early the sun shone brightly
Up into my chamber,
I sat up in utter misery
Already in my bed.

Help! Save me from disgrace and death!
Ah, incline,
Thou full of pain,
Your merciful countenance to my distress!

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from Oboe Salon, released March 23, 2022
Bettina von Arnim, composer
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet

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Ann Lemke loves to promote the music of women composers for the oboe, oboe d'amore, and English horn. She performs internationally as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician and teaches at her thriving private studio in Metro Detroit, at Cranbrook School, and online. ... more

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