Viel böse Zeit hab' ich verzehrt, eh'...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Viel böse Zeit hab' ich verzehrt, eh' ich dich hab' gefunden:
Es hat die Welt mein Herz versehrt mit vielen roten Wunden.
Die Weiber fand ich falsch und schwank und keine hatte Treue:
Da ward das Herz mir zag und krank, der Minne halt' ich Reue.
Doch du bist treu, dir trau' ich gern; läßt du dich falsch erfinden,
Wird auch dem schönen Morgenstern sein heller Glanz erblinden.
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Confirmed with Felix Dahn's Sämtliche Werke poetischen Inhalts, Band XVI, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1898, page 69.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I wasted much evil time", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2019-11-04
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Word count: 68
I wasted much evil time
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
I wasted much evil time before I found you:
The world has hurt my heart with many red wounds.
I found women to be false and fickle and none of them were faithful:
My heart became timid and sick, I rued love.
But you are faithful; I trust you gladly; if it were found that you were false
The bright radiance of the lovely morning star would also go out.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-11
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Word count: 70