Take farewell quickly | Only take leave quickly

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by Johann Ludwig Ferdinand von Deinhard-Deinhardstein (1794 - 1859) and sometimes misattributed to Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs, Harald Krebs

Nur den Abschied schnell genommen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG ITA

  Nur den Abschied schnell genommen,
Nicht gezaudert, nicht geklagt,
Schneller als die Thränen kommen,
Losgerissen, unverzagt.

  Aus den Armen losgewunden,
Wie [dir's]¹ in der Brust auch brennt,
Was im Leben sich gefunden,
Wird im Leben auch getrennt.

  Sollst du tragen, mußt du tragen,
Trage nur mit festem Sinn,
Deine Seufzer, deine Klagen
Wehen in die Lüfte hin.

  Soll der Schmerz dich nicht bezwingen,
So bezwinge du den Schmerz,
Und verwelkte Blüthen schlingen
Frisch sich um dein wundes Herz.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Deinhardstein, Berlin: Verlag von Duncker und Humblot, 1844, page 23.

¹ Lang: "dies"

Text Authorship:

by Johann Ludwig Ferdinand von Deinhard-Deinhardstein (1794 - 1859), "Abschied" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
sometimes misattributed to Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Den Abschied schnell genommen", op. 15 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 1 (1838), published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 80

Take farewell quickly

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Only take leave quickly,
Do not linger, do not lament,
More quickly than the tears can come,
Tear yourself away!

  Disentangle yourself from [each other's] arms,
No matter how much it burns in your breast!
[Those] who have found each other in this life
Are also separated from each other in this life.

  If you are destined to bear, if you must bear [pain],
Only bear it with a steadfast spirit!
Your sighs, your laments
Are wafted away in the breezes!

  If pain is not to overcome you,
You must overcome pain,
And wilted flowers, refreshed, shall twine
Themselves around your sore heart!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Ferdinand von Deinhard-Deinhardstein (1794 - 1859), "Abschied" and misattributed to Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856)
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 104