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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ach wer bringt die schönen Tage

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA NOR

Ach wer bringt die schönen Tage,
Jene Tage der ersten Liebe,
Ach wer bringt nur eine Stunde
Jener holden Zeit zurück!

Einsam nähr' ich meine Wunde
Und mit stets erneuter Klage
Traur' ich um's verlorne Glück.

Ach, wer bringt die schönen Tage,
Jene holde Zeit zurück!

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• A. Berg • B. Damcke • C. Evers • A. Jensen • J. La Trobe • N. Medtner • F. Mendelssohn • H. Nägeli • F. Schubert • J. Wetzel • H. Wolf • K. Zelter

A. Berg sets stanzas 1-2

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 63; and with Goethe's Schriften. Achter Band. Leipzig, bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1789, page 113.

First written 1785 by Goethe for his fragmentary Singspiel "Die ungleichen Hausgenossen" (Arie der Baronesse, Act II), with different stanzas 2 and 3.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Erster Verlust", first published 1789 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

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Ah, qui ramènera les beaux jours,
Ces jours des premières amours,
Ah, qui ramènera pour une heure seulement
Ces moments exquis ?

Seul, je cultive mes blessures,
Et avec des plaintes toujours renouvelées
Je m'attriste de mon bonheur perdu.

Ah, qui ramènera les beaux jours,
Ces moments exquis !

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Erster Verlust", first published 1789
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-17
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Word count: 49