English translations of Fünf Lieder, opus 4

by Heinrich Henkel (1822 - 1899)

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1. Wenn zwei von einander scheiden  [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Henkel (1822 - 1899), "Wenn zwei von einander scheiden", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn zwei von einander scheiden,
So geben sie sich die Händ',
Und fangen an zu weinen,
Und seufzen ohne End'.

Wir haben nicht [geweinet]1,
Wir seufzten nicht Weh und Ach!
Die [Tränen und die Seufzer]2,
Die kamen hinten nach.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 153.

1 Reinecke: "geweint"
2 Decker, Reinecke: "Seufzer und die Tränen"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
1. When two people part
Language: English 
When two people part
They give each other their hands
And they begin to weep
And sigh endlessly!
We did not weep,
And did not sigh "woe" and "alas."
The tears and the sighs
Came afterwards!

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