Ach, es sitzt mein Lieb und weint

Ach, es sitzt mein Lieb und weint
Auf dem Stein am einsamen Haus,
Weine nicht, mein Lieb, ich komme,
Und all dein Leid ist aus.

Fremde Länder hab' ich gesehn,
Fremde Mägdlein, fremdes Glück:
Doch dein Auge hat mir gezeigt
Den Weg in die Heimath zurück.

Translation(s): ENG

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Submitted by Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

• by Th. Elze (1830 - ?), "Ach, es sitzt mein Lieb und weint", published 1859 [voice and piano], from 3 Lieder, no. 3. [
   text not verified 
  ]
• by Julius Otto Grimm (1827 - 1903), "Ach, es sitzt mein Lieb und weint", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1853. [voice and piano] [
   text verified 1 time
  ]
• by Walter von Rosen , "Ach es sitzt mein Lieb und weint", op. 23 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1874 [voice and piano], Bremen, Praeger & M. [
   text not verified 
  ]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Ah, my beloved sits and weeps", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2009-08-25.
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