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English translations of Drei vierstimmige Männerchöre, opus 10

by Wilhelm Sauer

1. Muss einer von dem andern  [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Sauer , "Muss einer von dem andern", op. 10 (Drei vierstimmige Männerchöre) no. 2, published 1883 [ ttbb chorus ], Schleusingen: Glaser
Language: German (Deutsch) 
  Muß Einer von dem Andern, 
Ach Gott, ach Gott, wie bald! 
Wie dir zu Fuß beim Wandern 
Fällt Blatt um Blatt im Wald. 
  Dran denk' ich wohl ohn' Unterlaß, 
Und drob wird mir mein Auge naß: 
  Muß Einer von dem Andern, 
Ach Gott, ach Gott, wie bald! 

  Bald ist ein Herz gebrochen, 
Das erst noch fröhlich schlug; 
Ob's noch so frisch mag pochen, 
Ist's eitel Schein und Trug! 
  Dran denk' ich wohl ohn' Unterlaß, 
Und drob wird mir mein Auge naß: 
  Bald ist ein Herz gebrochen, 
Das erst noch fröhlich schlug! 

  Doch Einer zu dem Andern 
Kommt auch, wer weiß, wie bald, 
Und bald nach kurzem Wandern 
Dein Trauerlied verhallt. 
  Drauf hoff' ich wohl ohn' Unterlaß, 
Und nicht mehr bleibt mein Auge naß: 
  Kommt Einer zu dem Andern, 
Wer weiß, wer weiß, wie bald!

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Muß Einer von dem Andern", appears in Liederbuch, in 5. Vermischte Lieder, no. 329, appears in Kreuz- und Trostlieder, in Zweites Buch, in 2. Auf des Bruders Tod, no. 39, first published 1865

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Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, pages 305-306.

Also confirmed with Friedrich Oser, Kreuz- und Trostlieder, Wiesbaden: Julius Niedner, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1865, pages 127-128.

Note: The poem's title is from the Liederbuch publication. In Kreuz- und Trostlieder the poem is untitled.


by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)
1.
Language: English 
  One must leave the other
Oh God, oh God, how soon!
As when you are wandering in the forest
Leaf upon leaf falls at your feet.
  I truly ponder that without ceasing,
And my eyes grow tear-wet thereby: 
  One must leave the other
Oh God, oh God, how soon!

  Soon a heart will be broken
That was only just pulsing joyfully;
Though it may beat ever so briskly,
It is nothing but illusion and deception!
  I truly ponder that without ceasing,
And my eyes grow tear-wet thereby: 
  Soon a heart will be broken
That was only just pulsing joyfully!

  But one also comes to the other,
Who knows how soon,
And soon after a short time of wandering
Your song of sorrow dies away.
  That is what I hope for without ceasing,
And my eyes no longer remain tear-wet:
  One also comes to the other
Who knows, who knows how soon!

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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Muß Einer von dem Andern", appears in Liederbuch, in 5. Vermischte Lieder, no. 329, appears in Kreuz- und Trostlieder, in Zweites Buch, in 2. Auf des Bruders Tod, no. 39, first published 1865
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