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Es ist bestimmt in Gottes Rath, Daß man, was man am liebsten hat, Muß meiden; Wiewohl nichts in dem Lauf der Welt Dem Herzen ach! so sauer fällt, Als Scheiden! ja Scheiden! So dir geschenkt ein Knösplein was, So thu' es in ein Wasserglas, -- Doch wisse: Blüht morgen dir ein Röslein auf, Es welkt wohl noch die Nacht darauf; Das wisse! ja wisse! Und hat dir Gott ein Lieb bescheert, Und hältst du sie recht innig werth, Die Deine -- Es werden wohl acht Bretter seyn, Da legst du sie, wie bald! hinein; Dann weine! ja weine! Nur mußt du mich auch recht verstehn, Ja, recht verstehn! Wenn Menschen auseinandergehn, So sagen sie: auf Wiedersehn! Ja Wiedersehn!
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Gedichte von Ernst Freiherrn von Feuchtersleben , Stuttgart und Tübingen: in der J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1836, page 5
Text Authorship:
- by Ernst Freiherr von Feuchtersleben (1806 - 1849), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Nach altdeutscher Weise, no. 1, first published 1836 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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It is surely decreed by Providence That that which one loves best One must avoid; Although nothing in the world Is, ah, so difficult for the heart As parting! yes, parting! If a little blossom gave you something, Put it into a waterglass, -- But know: If tomorrow a little rose blooms forth, It shall likely wilt already in the following night; Know that! yes, know it! And if God has granted you a love, And if you value her highly and fervently As your own -- It will likely be eight boards Into which you shall, how soon! lay her; Then weep! yes, weep! Now you must understand me correctly, Yes, understand correctly! When people part, They say: Till we meet again! Yes, meet again!
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View text with all available footnotesTranslated titles:
"Nach dem altdeutschen des von Feuchtersleben" = "After the old German of von Feuchtersleben"
"Volkslied" = "Folksong"
"Nach altdeutscher Weise" = "After an old German air"
"Es ist bestimmt in Gottes Rath" = "It is surely decreed by Providence
"Beim Abschied zu singen" = "To be sung at leave-taking"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Freiherr von Feuchtersleben (1806 - 1849), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Nach altdeutscher Weise, no. 1, first published 1836
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