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Was macht dir, Herzliebster! Die Wange so blaß? Was macht dir das Auge Von Thränen so naß? O Liebchen! Herzliebchen! Wohl ist es mir weh; Weit muß ich von hinnen Weit über die See! Und mußt du von hinnen -- Dort über der See Giebt's wohl noch ein Liebchen. Herzliebster! ade! Es scheinen viel Sterne Am Himmelsgezelt; Doch keiner von allen Wie Luna gefällt. So nimm nur dies Ringlein Von Golde so schwer, Und wird es zu eng dir, So wirf's in das Meer! So steck' nur dies Blümlein An's klopfende Herz; Und duftet's dir nimmer, Verging auch dein Schmerz.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Die Dichtungen von Justinus Kerner, Neue vollständige Sammlung in Einem Bande, Stuttgart und Tübingen: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1834, pages 81-82.
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What is it, darling, That makes your cheek so pale? What makes your eyes So wet with tears? "Oh sweetheart! Darling! I am certainly sorrowing; I must go far from here, Far across the sea!" And if you must go away from here, There across the sea There could be another sweetheart. Darling! adieu! Many stars shine On the canopy of heaven, But none is so loved As the moon is loved. Only take then this little ring So heavy with gold, And if it becomes too tight for you, Then throw it into the sea. Therefore only pin this little flower Over your beating heart; And when it no longer exudes fragrance, Then your pain will have ceased as well.
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"Abschied" = "Leave-taking"
"Ade" = "Adieu"
"Scheiden" = "Parting"
"Volkslied" = "Folksong"
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-05
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