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[Weine nicht]1, Wenn aus dem stillen Vaterhaus Das Kind zieht in die Welt hinaus! Du rufst als letzten Gruß beim Gehn: "Lieb' Kind, lieb' Kind, auf Wiedersehn!" Drum weine nicht! [Weine nicht]1, Wenn sanft ein liebes Auge bricht, Das Auge war die Seele nicht! Wenn wir am [Totenbette]2 stehn, So sagen wir: "Auf Wiedersehn!" Drum weine nicht! [Weine nicht]1, Und sank auch in das kalte Grab Ein Herz, das du geliebt, hinab! Hörst du's durch Trauerweiden wehn? Da rauscht es süß: "Auf Wiedersehn!" Drum weine nicht!
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Deutsches Literaturbuch or Poetischer Blumengarten für Schule und Haus, Heinrich Jastram (ed.), Göttingen: Deuerliche'sche Buchhandlung, 1866, page 34.
1 Marschner: "O weine nicht"2 Marschner: "Sterbebette"
Text Authorship:
- by (Adolf) Hugo Göring (1827 - 1857), "Wiedersehen" [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 Paul Gaebler (flourished 1885-1895), "Auf Wiederseh'n", op. 4 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Borna, Harschen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Köllner (1839 - 1891), "Auf Wiedersehn", op. 45 (Drei Lieder für Solo und Männerchor) no. 3, published 1876 [ solo voice and men's chorus ], Delitzsch: Pabst [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Wiedersehen", op. 157 (Vier Duettinen für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1852 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2017-04-16
Line count: 18
Word count: 93
[Weep not]1, When from the quiet parental home The child goes forth into the world! As your child leaves, you call a last greeting: "Dear child, dear child, till we meet again!" Therefore, do not weep! [Weep not]1, When a beloved pair of eyes gently breaks in death, The eyes were not the soul! When we stand at a deathbed, We say: "Till we meet again!" Therefore, do not weep! [Weep not]1, Even when a heart that you loved Sank into the cold grave! Do you hear the wind blowing through the weeping willows? It soughs sweetly there: "Till we meet again!" Therefore, do not weep!
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View text without footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Auf Wiedersehn" = "Till we meet again"
"Wiedersehen" = "Reunion"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by (Adolf) Hugo Göring (1827 - 1857), "Wiedersehen"
This text was added to the website: 2025-11-03
Line count: 18
Word count: 113