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Muß dich verlassen, liebes Kind, Muß scheiden und muß leiden, Das Rothlaub wirbelt hier im Wind Und fliegt nach allen Seiten. Wie's traurig hin im Walde weht! Mein Fuß auf fremden Straßen geht. Dort drüben ruht noch letzter Glanz Und hüllt in Gold die Wipfel, Ja, letzter Glanz, dann dunkelt's ganz Im Thal und um die Gipfel. Noch einmal gib mir heiß die Hand, Eh' ich in Thränen mich gewandt. Die Thräne, ja, die bleibt mir noch, Wenn ich in aller Weite; Du liebes Kind, dein denk' ich doch, Und ist es auch im Leide. Das Rothlaub mag im Wind verweh'n: Auf Wiederseh'n auf Wiederseh'n!
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Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, pages 89-90.
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Scheiden", appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition] [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 Carl Isenmann (1839 - 1889), "Auf Wiedersehn", op. 105 (Fünf Lieder im Volkston für Männerchor) no. 5, published 1887 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Forberg [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 [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2021-02-21
Line count: 18
Word count: 106
I must leave you, dear child, I must part and must suffer, The red leaves whirl about here in the wind And fly in all directions. How sadly they drift away in the woods! My foot must tread unfamiliar roads. A last radiance still rests over yonder And wraps the treetops in gold, Yes, a last radiance, then it becomes completely dark In the valley and around the mountaintops. Give me your hand once more fervently, Before I turn away in tears. Tears, yes, they remain to me yet When I am in all the far distant places; You dear child, I shall think of you in any case And be it only in pain. The red leaves may swirl away in the wind: Good-bye, good-bye!
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Translations of title(s):
"Auf Wiedersehn" = "Good-bye"
"Scheiden" = "Parting"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), "Scheiden", appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition]
This text was added to the website: 2021-02-21
Line count: 18
Word count: 127