Sorrow of love | I wanted to pass by, but it had to happen

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by Ella Triebnigg-Pirkhert (1874 - 1938)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wollt vorübergehen, doch es mußt...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Wollt vorübergehen, doch es mußt geschehen,
Daß ich [deine Küsse wie im Traum]¹ gepflückt.
Und 's ist so gekommen, wie ich's oft vernommen,
Daß ich leiden müsse, [wenn]² du mich beglückt.

Gehe nun im Leide wie im Festtagskleide,
Hast mit Küssen, Liebste, mich so reich geschmückt.
Will mit meinen Klagen dir nur eines sagen,
Ewig leiden müssen, ist, was mich beglückt. -- --

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Marx

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¹ Marx: "wie im Traume deinen Kuß"
² Marx: "hast"

Text Authorship:

by Ella Triebnigg-Pirkhert (1874 - 1938), "Liebesleid", appears in Die zehnte Muse. Dichtungen vom Brettl und fürs Brettl aus vergangenen Jahrhunderten und aus unsern Tagen, ed. by Maximilian Bern and Richard Zoozmann, Berlin: Otto Elsner Verlag, page 106, first published 1927 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Wie einst", 1903, published 1910 [medium voice, piano], in Lieder und Gesänge, I. Folge, Nr.27 [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Sorrow of love", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Barbara Miller , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-01-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 63

Sorrow of love

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I wanted to pass by, but it had to happen
That I plucked your [kisses]¹ as in a dream.
And it happened as I have often heard,
That I must suffer, [when you make]² me glad.

[I] now walk about in sorrow as in a festive garment;
With kisses, most Beloved, you have adorned me so lavishly.
With my laments I only wish to tell you one thing:
To suffer eternally is what makes me happy. -- --

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Translation of Marx's title: "As it was once"
¹ Marx: "kiss"
² Marx: "after you have made"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ella Triebnigg-Pirkhert (1874 - 1938), "Liebesleid", appears in Die zehnte Muse. Dichtungen vom Brettl und fürs Brettl aus vergangenen Jahrhunderten und aus unsern Tagen, ed. by Maximilian Bern and Richard Zoozmann, Berlin: Otto Elsner Verlag, page 106, first published 1927
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This text was added to the website: 2012-08-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 78