Untreu und Trost
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Da drob'n auf jener Linden
Schlief ich und ruht des Nachts
Bei mei'm Feinsliebchen oben
Die ganze Nacht.
Die Blätter von der Linde,
Die fielen all auf mich.
Wenn mich mein Schatz verlassen [thut]1 hat,
Das kränket mich.
Daß mich mein Schatz verlassen hat,
Das kommt daher:
Sie dacht sich zu verbessern,
Betrog sich gar sehr.
Und wenn sie mich verlassen hat,
Was [scheer]2 ich mich denn drum?
Wer weiß, [ob]3 ich und sie einmal
Zusammen kumm.
Das Ringlein, das du von mir hast,
Steck' du's an deine Hand,
Ich bin einmal dein Schatz gewest,
Das macht dir keine Schand.
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Confirmed with Dr. O.L.B. Wolff (ed.), Hausschatz der Volkspoesie. Sammlung der vorzüglichsten und eigenthümlichsten Volkslieder aller Länder und Zeiten, Dritte Auflage, Leipzig: Verlag von Otto Wigand, 1850, page 137.
1 Pfitzner: "hat"
2 Pfitzner: "scher' "
3 Pfitzner: "wenn"
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hans Erich Pfitzner (1869 - 1949), "Untreu und Trost", 1903, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston: moderne Volkslieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Maria) Heinrich Schmidt (1809 - 1870), "Untreu und Trost", op. 1 (12 Lieder im Volkstone) no. 7, published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Infidelity and comfort", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Infidelity and comfort
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Up there upon yonder linden tree
I slept and rested at night
Up there with my beloved
The whole night long.
The leaves of the linden tree
They all fell upon me.
When my darling [leaves]1 me,
That aggrieves me.
That my darling left me
Is because:
She thought she could do better for herself,
She deceived herself mightily.
And if she has left me,
What should I care about that?
Who knows [if]2 perhaps I and she shall sometime
Get together again.
The little ring that I gave you,
Place it upon your hand,
I was once your beloved,
That is no disgrace to you.
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1 Pfitzner: "has left"
2 Pfitzner: "when"
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