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Muß es eine Trennung geben, Die das treue Herz zerbricht? Nein, dies nenne ich nicht leben, Sterben ist so bitter nicht. Hör' ich eines Schäfers Flöte, Härme ich mich inniglich, Seh' ich in die Abendröte, Denk' ich brünstiglich an dich. Gibt es denn kein wahres Lieben? Muß denn Schmerz und [Trauer]1 sein? Wär' ich ungeliebt geblieben, Hätt' ich doch noch Hoffnungsschein. Aber so muß ich nun klagen: Wo ist Hoffnung, als das Grab? Fern muß ich mein Elend tragen, Heimlich bricht das Herz mir ab.
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View text without footnotes1 Brahms: "Trennung"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 13, chapter heading: "Peter unter den Heiden" [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Muß es eine Trennung geben", op. 33 no. 12 (1861-65), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], from Die schöne Magelone. Romanzen aus L. Tiecks Magelone, no. 12, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Hi pot haver una separació", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Waartoe kan een scheiding dienen", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Must there be a parting", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Deve quindi esserci una separazione", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Negi išsiskirti lemta", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- TUR Turkish (Türkçe) (Gül Sabar) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Negi išsiskirti lemta, Širdžiai dūžtant tarp bangų? To lemtim vadint neverta, Net numirt ne taip skaudu. Fleitai piemenėlio grojant, Liejas sielvartu širdis, Vakarinei žarai mojant, Gręžias link tavęs mintis. Negi nebėra tos meilės? Vien tik skausmas ir tremtis? Jei mylėtas aš nebūčiau, Dar rusentų nors viltis. Bet dabar teliko kančios: Kurgi karstas ar viltis? Svečioje šaly teks vargti, Nors jau perplėšta širdis.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) copyright © 2022 by Giedrius Prunskus, (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) by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 13, chapter heading: "Peter unter den Heiden"
This text was added to the website: 2022-12-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 62