Deep sigh | Ah, one would save much money

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Stoßseufzer

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ach, man sparte viel,
Seltner wäre verruckt das Ziel,
Wär weniger Dumpfheit, vergebenes Sehnen,
Ich könnte viel glücklicher seyn --
Gäb's nur keinen Wein
Und keine Weiberthränen!

Confirmed with Goethe's Poetische und Prosaische Werke in zwei Bänden, Des Ersten Bandes Erste Abtheilung, Stuttgart und Tübingen: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1836, page 79.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Stoßseufzer", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 5. Epigrammatisch [author's text checked 2 times 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 Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775 - 1864), "Stoßseufzer", c1813/4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

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

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Deep sigh

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Ah, one would save much [money],
One would more often stay focussed on the goal,
There would be less torpor, [less] fruitless yearning,
I could be much happier –
If only there were no wine
And no women's tears!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Stoßseufzer", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 5. Epigrammatisch
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This text was added to the website: 2022-12-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 39