I did not want to think of you anymore

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by Otto Döpkemeyer

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ich wollte nicht mehr an dich denken

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich wollte nicht mehr an dich denken,
Ich wollte frei von Liebe sein,
Dem armen Herzen Ruhe schenken,
Ich wollte schier vergessen dein.

Und als ich wollte dein vergessern,
Da hab' ich immer dein gedacht.
Nun kann die Lieb' ich ermessen,
Die mich zum Thoren gemacht!

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Text Authorship:

by Otto Döpkemeyer [author's text not yet checked 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 Hoppe (1869 - 1933), "Liebesliedchen", op. 60 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Luckhardt's Musik-Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
by K. A. Krauss , "Liebeslied", op. 18 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Kügele (1850 - 1926), "Ich wollte nicht mehr an dich denken", op. 160 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-16
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Word count: 46

I did not want to think of you anymore

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I did not want to think of you anymore,
I wanted to be free of love,
To give my poor heart peace,
I almost wanted to forget you.

And as I wanted to forget you,
I always thought of you.
Now I can fathom the love
That made me into a fool!

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Translations of title(s):
"Ich wollte nicht mehr an dich denken" = "I did not want to think of you anymore"
"Liebeslied" = "Love song"
"Liebesliedchen" = "Little love song"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Döpkemeyer
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This text was added to the website: 2022-10-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 52