Those who wish to love, must suffer | Those who wish to love, must suffer

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wer lieben will, muß leiden

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Wer lieben will, muß leiden;
Ohn' Leiden liebt man nicht,
Drum bin ich ein armes Mädchen,
Kein' Mensch' hab' ich jetzt mehr.

Jetzt geh ich auf den Kirchhof,
Auf meiner Mutter Grab,
Und tu so bitterlich weinen,
Bis sie mir Antwort gab.

Und durch die Allmacht Gottes
Gab sie mir gleich Antwort.
Drei Wörtlein tut sie sprechen
Aus ihrer kühlen Gruft:

Ach, Tochter, liebe Tochter,
Erwarte nur die Zeit.
Der Tod wird dich schon holen
Für in die Ewigkeit.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , collected by Curt Mündel in Elsässische Volkslieder [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Wer lieben will, muß leiden", op. 49 (Acht Lieder) no. 7 (1901), published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Qui vol estimar ha de sofrir", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Those who wish to love, must suffer", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Qui veut aimer doit souffrir", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 79

Those who wish to love, must suffer

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Those who wish to love, must suffer;
Without suffering one does not love.
That is why I am a poor girl;
I no longer have anyone belonging to me.
 
Now I shall go to the churchyard
To my mother’s grave,
And I shall weep so bitterly
Until she gives me an answer.
 
And through God’s omnipotence
She immediately gave me an answer.
Three little words she speaks
From out her cool tomb:
 
Ah daughter, dear daughter,
Only await the time.
Death shall fetch even you
And take you to eternity.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , collected by Curt Mündel in Elsässische Volkslieder
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This text was added to the website: 2016-11-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 90