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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Die duftenden Kräuter auf der Au
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Die [duftenden]1 [Kräuter]2 auf der Au,
[Die Halm' im frischen Morgenthau,
Die Bäum' im grünen Kleide]3,
  Ein jedes ruft: ich scheide,
  Leb wohl! ich scheide.

Die Rosen in ihrer [lichten] Pracht,
Die Lilien in ihrer Engelstracht,
[Die Blümchen auf der Heide]3,
  Ein jedes ruft: ich scheide,
  Leb wohl! ich scheide.

Ist Alles nur ein Kommen und Gehn,
Ein Scheiden mehr als Wiedersehn;
Wir freu'n uns, hoffen und leiden,
  Und müssen endlich scheiden, 
  Lebt wohl! wir scheiden.

[Wir sahn uns wieder und sahn uns kaum]5, 
[Und Alles schwand wie ein schöner Traum]6,
[Wir reichten die Hand uns beide:]7
  [Leb wohl! leb wohl! ich scheide! 
  Leb wohl! ich scheide!]8

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   P. Cornelius •   F. Liszt 

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1 Liszt: "duftigen"
2 Cornelius: "Gräser"
3 Cornelius: "Die Bäum' im grünen Kleide,/ Die Halm' im frischen Morgenthau"
4 Cornelius, Liszt: "frischen"
5 Cornelius, Liszt: "Und muss es denn geschieden sein"
6 Cornelius: "Lebt wohl, lebt wohl, gedenket mein"; Liszt: "So lebet wohl, gedenket mein"
7 Cornelius, Liszt: "In Freuden und in Leiden,"
8 Cornelius: "Lebt wohl, lebt wohl, wir scheiden! / Lebt wohl!"; Liszt: "Lebt wohl, ich scheide!"

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Leb wohl! ich scheide", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Dichterleben, in Reifere Mannesjahre [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 Peter Cornelius (1824 - 1874), "Scheiden", op. 16 no. 4 (1866) [ duet for soprano and bass with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hugo Richard Jüngst (1853 - 1923), "Scheiden im Herbste", op. 8 (Vier vierstimmige Gesänge für Männerstimmen) no. 4, published 1879 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Köln, P.J. Tonger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Ich scheide", S. 319 (1860), published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Eduard Rohde (1828 - 1883), "Scheiden", op. 109 (Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 5, published 1876 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Breslau, Hientzsch [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anton Weber , "Lebt wohl! wir scheiden", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 6, published 1876 [ mixed chorus ], Elberfeld, Küpper [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Franz Wilhelm Abt, Julius André, Emil Breslaur, Maurice Georg Chemin-Petit, Franz Xaver Chwatal, Friedrich Gartz, Wilhelm Heiser, A. Heynke, Carl Kuntze, Paul Stiller, Heinrich Weiß, Richard Ferdinand Würst.

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

  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "Leaving", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Departure"
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Adieu, je pars", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Virginia Knight , Bruno W. Häuptli

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 119

Adieu, je pars
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Les herbes odorantes de la prairie
La brindille dans la rosée du matin,
Les arbres en habit vert,
   Chacun crie : je pars,
   Adieu ! je pars.

Les roses dans leur lumineuse splendeur
Les lis dans leur costume d'ange,
Les petites fleurs de la lande,
   Chacun crie : je pars,
   Adieu ! je pars.

Tout n'est qu'aller et retour,
Une séparation plus qu'un au-revoir ;
Nous sommes heureux, espérons et souffrons
   Et finalement nous devons partir,
   Adieu ! nous partons.

Nous nous étions revus, et nous vîmes guère,
Et tout disparut comme un beau rêve
Nous nous sommes tendu la main :
   Adieu ! adieu ! Je pars !
   Adieu ! Je pars !

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Leb wohl! ich scheide", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Dichterleben, in Reifere Mannesjahre
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This text was added to the website: 2011-01-31
Line count: 20
Word count: 102

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