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Seit ich liebe Muß ich leiden. Eh ich liebte Hatt' ich tausend Freuden, Hatte Ruh! O du mein [altes Glück]1, [Komm, ach]2 komm zurück! Und [doch]3 lass' ich Alle Freuden, Mag am süßen Leid mich lieber weiden, Immer zu! [Was sollt' alle das Glück! Alle die Ruh! -- ]4
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Gedichte von J.P. Eckermann, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1838, page 5. Note: [sic] for stanza 2, line 6, word 3.
1 Lang: "Glück"2 Lang (one manuscript): "Ach"; Lang (second manuscript): "O komm, ach"
3 Lang: "nun"
4 Lang: "Was sollte all die Ruh!"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Peter Eckermann (1792 - 1854), "Wahl", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder [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 André Hippolyte Jean Baptiste Chelard (1789 - 1861), "Erinnerung" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Franz) Carl Adalbert Eberwein (1786 - 1868), "Wahl" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vinzenz Lachner (1811 - 1893), "Erinnerung", op. 9 (3 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Darmstadt: Pabst [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Erinnerung", 1837 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-08-31
Line count: 14
Word count: 53
Since I have fallen in love I must suffer. Before I fell in love I possessed a thousand joys, [I] had peace! Oh you my [former good]1 fortune, [Come, ah]2 come back! And [yet]3 I renounce All joys, I would rather Dwell upon the sweet suffering, Always! [Of what use is all the happiness! All the peace! --]4
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View text without footnotesTranslated titles:
"Wahl" = "Choice"
"Erinnerung" = "Remembrance"
2 Lang (one manuscript): "Ah"; Lang (second manuscript): " Oh come, ah"
3 Lang: "now"
4 Lang: "Of what use is all the peace!"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Peter Eckermann (1792 - 1854), "Wahl", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder
This text was added to the website: 2016-08-31
Line count: 14
Word count: 62