by John Suckling, Sir (1609 - 1642)
Translation Singable translation possibly by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929)

Fond request
Language: English 
I pray thee, send me back my heart
Since I cannot have thine,
For if from yours you will not part
Why then should you keep mine?

But now I think on't, let it lie
To find it were in vain,
For th'hast a thief in either eye
Would steal it back again!

Why should two hearts in one breast lie
And yet not lodge together?
O love where is thy sympathy?
If thus our breasts thou sever!

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Set in a modified version by Jean Berger, né Arthur Schloßberg, Henry Lawes, Maude Valérie White.

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Bitte
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
Gieb mir mein treues Herz zurück,
da deins du mir versagst.
Was soll mein Herz dein eigen sein,
denn deins mir nimmer lacht?

Doch denk' ich heimlich:
Lass es ruhn, vergebens wär' es mein.
Ein Dieb lugt dir in jedem Blick,
der stiehlt es bald zurück!

Zwei Herzen sind in einer Brust
und ruhn doch nicht zusammen:
O Liebe, wo ist deine Macht,
wenn du so trennst die holden Flammen.

From the Van der Stucken score. Translator given as "Valentin Frank"

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Researcher for this page: Hanne-Joost Peeters

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 70