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Ach, so zu lieben Ist eine Pein! Liebst du mich, sag' mir: Ja oder nein? Ach, was erlitt ich, Seit ich dich sah! Sag' mir doch endlich: Nein oder ja! Hoffe kein Wörtchen Groß oder klein; Eh du mir sagest Ja oder nein! Wochen vergingen Monden beinah -- Und doch nicht hör' ich Nicht nein, nicht ja! Alle mein Sehnen, Still wird es sein Hör' ich ein ernstes Ja oder nein! Lieben wird sterben, Sterben, ja, ja, Höret man niemals Nein oder ja!
Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke von August Kopisch, geordnet und herausgegeben von Freundes Hand, Dritter Band, Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1865, pages 204-205.
Text Authorship:
- by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Ja oder nein?", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt, no. 8 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Yes or no?", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-29
Line count: 24
Word count: 82
Ah, to love thus Is a misery! Do you love me, tell me: Yes or no? Ah, what I have suffered Since I saw you! Tell me finally: No or yes! I hope for no other word, Large or small, Before you tell me Yes or no! Weeks have passed, Months almost -- And still I hear Neither no nor yes! All my yearning, It shall be assuaged, If I hear a solemn Yes or no! Love shall die, Die, yes, yes, If one never hears No or yes!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Ja oder nein?", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt, no. 8
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2021-03-18
Line count: 24
Word count: 88