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 gepflückt.
Und 's ist so gekommen, wie ich's oft vernommen,
Daß ich leiden müsse, wenn 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. -- --

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• J. Marx

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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]

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Word count: 63

Sorrow of love

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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I wanted to pass by, but it had to happen
That I plucked your kisses as in a dream.
And it happened as I have often heard,
That I must suffer, when you make 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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• J. Marx

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Translation of Marx's title: "As it was once"

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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
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Word count: 78