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Wohl, und immer wohl dem Mann, Der sein [Liebes]1 sehen kann, Der, mit wonniglichen Küssen, Darf in seinen Arm es schliessen! Wohl, und immer wohl dem Mann, Der sein [Liebes]1 sehen kann! Aber weh dem armen Mann, Der nichts Liebes sehen kann! Der, wie ich, in [Minnebanden], Trauern muß in fremden Landen! Weh, und immer weh dem Mann, Der nichts Liebes sehen kann!
About the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotesConfirmed with Johann Martin Millers Gedichte, Ulm: bey Johann Konrad Wohler, 1783, page 138
1 von Paradis: "Liebchen"2 von Paradis: "Minna[sic] Banden"
Text Authorship:
- by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814), "Wohl und Weh. Minnelied", written 1772 [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 Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759 - 1824), "Aus Siegwart", 1784-86 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Lieder auf ihrer Reise in Musik gesetzt, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 66
It is well, ever well for the man Who can look upon [her whom he loves]1, Who with blissful kissing May clasp her in his arms! It is well, ever well for the man Who can look upon [her whom he loves!]1 But woe to the poor man Who cannot look upon what he loves! Who, like me, in the bonds of love, Must mourn in foreign lands! Woe, and ever woe to the man Who cannot look upon what he loves!
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View text without footnotesTranslation of title "Wohl und Weh. Minnelied" = "Weal and Woe. Song of Courtly Love"
1 von Paradis: "his beloved"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814), "Wohl und Weh. Minnelied", written 1772
This text was added to the website: 2016-05-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 86