So hab' ich doch die ganze Woche

So hab' ich doch die ganze Woche
Mein feines Liebchen nicht geseh'n, 
Ich sah es an einem Sonntag
Wohl vor der Türe steh'n:
  Das tausendschöne Jungfräulein,
  Das tausendschöne Herzelein,
  Wollte Gott, wollte Gott, ich wär' heute bei ihr!

So will mir doch die ganze Woche
Das Lachen nicht vergeh'n, 
Ich sah es an einem Sonntag
 Wohl in die Kirche geh'n: 
  Das tausendschöne Jungfräulein,
  Das tausendschöne Herzelein,
  Wollte Gott, wollte Gott, ich wär' heute bei ihr!

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• by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Sonntag", Alte hoch- und niederdeutsche Volkslieder, Stuttgart and Tübingen, first published 1844-5 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

• by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Sonntag", op. 47 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3 (1859), published 1868, first performed 1871 [voice and piano], Berlin, Simrock [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Rudolf Gritzner , "Sonntag" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Gustav Hölzel (1813 - 1883), "Sonntag", op. 226. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Volkslied", published 1869 [four-part men's chorus], Breslau, Leuckart ; in Deutsche Sängerhalle, indicated as op. 11 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Sonntag", op. 61 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1888 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Rob. Forberg [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Sonntag", op. 98 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 3 (1906). [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Johan Weegenhuise (b. 1910), "Sonntag", 1940, rev. 1981, from Drei Volkslieder, no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CHI Chinese (中文) (Steven Ang 洪光宇) , "星期日", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Sunday", copyright ©
• ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Sunday", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dimanche", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Domenica", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Sunday

Throughout this week I haven't seen her --
Beloved sweetness, my joy-
Though, a glimpse I had on Sunday, 
as she stood by her door --
Her thousandfold beauty 
and thousandfold her heart's warmth --
Would God, would God that I meet her again1.
 
All through the week I have been smiling,
as I remembered Sunday last --
When the church she was approaching 
with steps full of grace.  
Her thousandfold beauty and 
thousandfold her heart's warmth -- 
Would God, would God that I meet her again.

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¹ or "see her today"

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Sonntag", Alte hoch- und niederdeutsche Volkslieder, Stuttgart and Tübingen, first published 1844-5 CHI DUT FRE ITA
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Johannes Brahms, Rudolf Gritzner, Gustav Hölzel, Arno Kleffel, Erik Meyer-Helmund, Max Reger, Johan Weegenhuise. Go to the text.

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