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by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
Translation © by Michael P Rosewall
Ich hab' dich geliebt, du ahntest es...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Ich hab' dich geliebt, du ahntest es nicht. Ich [wollte sprechen]1, ich durft' es nicht, Ich harrte besserer Stunden. Die [besseren]2 Stunden, ich fand sie nicht, Ein [anderer]3 kam, [er]4 zögerte nicht. Ich bin deinem Herzen entschwunden. Wohl mag er dich lieben, ich weiss es nicht; Ob treuer, als ich, ich glaub' es nicht. O, hättest dein Glück du gefunden!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Stöhr: "wollte dich sprechen"
2 Steinkühler: "besser'n"
3 Steinkühler: "and'rer"
4 Dresel: "und er"
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Wunsch", appears in Lieder, in Stimmungen und Gestalten, first published 1844 [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 Reinhold Becker (1842 - 1924), "Wunsch", op. 7 (Zwei Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1876 [ low voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Wunsch", 1849?, published 1892 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alban Förster (1849 - 1916), "Wunsch", op. 57 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1880 [ high voice and piano ], Dresden, Näumann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Adolf Klauwell (1851 - 1917), "Wunsch", op. 15 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1877 [ high voice and piano ], Köln, Alt & Uhrig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Per Lasson (1859 - 1883), "Wunsch", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder-Album. Fünfzehn Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 8, Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Laura Constance Netzel (1839 - 1927), as N. Lago, "Wunsch", op. 44 (Drei Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published c1890 [ voice and piano ], Christiania: Carl Warmuth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Zygmunt Noskowski (1846 - 1909), "Wunsch", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Posca , "Wunsch", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Luckhardt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Albert Maria) Robert Radecke (1830 - 1911), "Wunsch", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Rosenfeld (1849 - 1909), "Wunsch", op. 16 no. 1, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Lieder, no. 1, Hamburg, Thiemer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Samson , "Wunsch", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. I. Reihe, Heft III, no. 4, Dresden, Arnold [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Wunsch", op. 75 (Drei Lieder für Mezzosopran oder Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1869 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Emil Steinkühler (1821 - 1872), "Wunsch", op. 24 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1853 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Stöhr (1874 - 1967), "Wunsch" [ voice and piano ], from 8 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung, 2. Heft, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Wüllner (1832 - 1902), "Ich hab' dich geliebt", published 1857 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-06
Line count: 9
Word count: 65
I loved you, you didn’t suspect it
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
I loved you, you didn’t suspect it, I wanted to tell you, I dared not, I waited for a more favorable time. That more favorable time, I never found it, Another person arrived, [he] didn’t hesitate. I have vanished from your heart. He may well love you, I do not know; Whether more faithful than I? That I don’t believe. Oh, would that you have found happiness!
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Translations of title(s):
"Ich hab' dich geliebt" = "I loved you"
"Wunsch" = "Wish"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Michael P Rosewall, (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 Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Wunsch", appears in Lieder, in Stimmungen und Gestalten, first published 1844
This text was added to the website: 2022-12-22
Line count: 9
Word count: 67