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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Gut'n Abend, gut'n Abend, mein tausiger...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Er:
 Gut'n Abend, gut'n Abend, mein tausiger Schatz,
 Ich sag' dir guten Abend;
 Komm' du zu mir, ich komme zu dir,
 Du sollst mir Antwort geben, mein Engel!

Sie:
 Ich kommen zu dir, du kommen zu mir?
 Das wär' mir gar keine Ehre;
 Du gehst von mir zu andern Jungfraun,
 [Das hab' ich wohl vernommen, mein Engel!]1

Er:
 Ach nein, mein Schatz, und glaub' es nur nicht,
 Was falsche Zungen reden,
 Es geben so viele gottlosige Leut',
 Die dir und mir nichts gönnen, mein Engel!

Sie:
 Und gibt es so viele gottlosige Leut',
 Die dir und mir nichts gönnen,
 So solltest du selber bewahren die Treu' 
 Und machen zu Schanden ihr Reden, mein Engel!

Er:
 Leb' wohl, mein Schatz, ich hör' es wohl,
 Du hast einen Anderen lieber,
 So will ich meiner Wege geh'n,
 Gott möge dich wohl behüten, mein Engel!

Sie:
 Ach nein, ich hab' kein' Anderen lieb,
 Ich glaub' nicht gottlosigen Leuten,
 Komm' du zu mir, ich komme zu dir,
 Wir bleiben uns beide getreue, mein Engel!

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1 in the WoO version, this is "Das kann ich an dir wohl spüren, mein Engel!" (...that I can well sense, my angel!)

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , text from Deutsche Volkslieder mit ihren Original-Weisen, Berlin, first published 1838-40 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Spannung", op. 84 (Fünf Romanzen und Lieder) no. 5 (1877-9), published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Guten Abend", WoO. 32 no. 26 (1858), published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 26, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Guten Abend", WoO. 33 no. 4, published [1894], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 4, Berlin, N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Gespannen verhouding", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Good evening, good evening, my wondrous treasure", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Bonsoir, mon très cher trésor", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Buona notte, buona notte....", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 170

Bonsoir, mon très cher trésor
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Lui :
 Bonsoir, mon très cher trésor,
 Je te dis bonsoir ;
 Si tu viens à moi, j'irai à toi,
 Tu dois me donner une réponse, mon ange !

Elle :
 Si je vais à toi et toi à moi ?
 Dans ce cas il n'y aurait aucun honneur pour moi ; 
 Tu vas de moi à d'autres filles,
 C'est ce que j'ai bien entendu, ,mon ange !

Lui :
 Mais non, mon trésor, tu ne dois pas croire
 Tous ce que ces mauvaises langues disent,
 Il a tant de gens sans Dieu
 Qui ne nous permettent rien, mon ange !

Elle :
 Et si s'il y a tant de gens sans Dieu
 Qui ne nous permettent rien,
 Alors tu devrais rester fidèle
 Et leur faire honte de leurs racontars, mon ange !

Lui :
 Adieu, mon trésor, je comprends bien,
 Tu as un autre amoureux,
 Aussi je vais m'en aller,
 Que Dieu te protège, mon ange !

Elle :
 Ah, non, je n'ai pas d'autre amoureux,
 Je ne crois pas ces gens sans Dieu,
 Si tu viens à moi, j'irai à toi,
 Nous resterons fidèles l'un à l'autre, mon ange !

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (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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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , text from Deutsche Volkslieder mit ihren Original-Weisen, Berlin, first published 1838-40
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This text was added to the website: 2011-04-26
Line count: 30
Word count: 177

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