When I must part from you

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by Leo Heller (1876 - 1941)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wenn ich scheiden muß

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wenn ich scheiden muß,
Wenn ich scheiden muß,
Jeden Abend scheiden muß, mein Lieb,
Ist mir immer so,
Als ob das, was froh
Mir im Herzen war, bei dir verblieb!

All' mein Traurigkeit,
All' mein Herzeleid
Nehm ich mit in meine Einsamkeit,
Schmerz und Harm ist mir,
Alles Glück bei dir,
Und der Weg von dir zu mir so weit.

Aber wenn ich dann
Wieder wandern kann,
Jenen lieben Weg zu deinem Haus,
Lacht die ganze Welt,
Lacht mir Flur und Feld,
Und das Glück fliegt meinem Pfad voraus.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Leo Heller, Präludien der Liebe. Neue Gedichte und Lieder, Berlin: Harmonie Verlagsgesellschaft für Literatur und Kunst, [1907], page 15.

Text Authorship:

by Leo Heller (1876 - 1941), "Volkslied" [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 Luise Greger (1862 - 1944), "Volkslied" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ethel Florence Lindesay Robertson, née Richardson (1870 - 1946), as Henry Handel Richardson, "Wenn ich scheiden muss" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

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When I must part from you

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When I must part from you,
When I must part from you,
Part from you every evening, my love,
It always seems to me
As if that which was happy
Within my heart, stayed behind with you!

All my sadness,
All my heartache
I take along with me into my loneliness;
Pain and grief is with me,
All happiness is with you,
And the way from you to me is so long.

But when I then
Am able to wander again
On that dear path to your house,
The whole world smiles,
Meadow and fields smile at me,
And happiness flies before me upon my path.

About the headline (FAQ)

Translations of title(s):
"Volkslied" = "Folk-song"
"Wenn ich scheiden muss" = "When I must part from you"

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Leo Heller (1876 - 1941), "Volkslied"
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This text was added to the website: 2021-11-14
Line count: 18
Word count: 106