Ach Gott, wie soll ich singen, wie lieb...
Language: German (Deutsch)
[Ach Gott, wie soll ich singen]1, wie lieb mein Schatz mir war:
Ich hab' sie sehen bringen auf einer Totenbahr.
Und will ich nun gedenken ihrer Finger weiß und fein,
Fällt mir mit vielem Kränken ihr weißes Bahrtuch ein.
Will durch den Sinn mir gehen ihrer Wangen roter Duft,
Muß ich die Rosen sehn, die stehn auf ihrer Gruft!
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Confirmed with Felix Dahn's Sämtliche Werke poetischen Inhalts, Band XVI, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1898, page 65.
1 Ritter: "O Gott, wie sollt' ich singen"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (1842 - 1899), "Ach Gott, wie soll ich singen ", op. 6a no. 4, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Schlichte Weisen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Berlin, Schlesinger ; note: we've added an 'a' to the opus because this opus was used by another publisher a few years later [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Ritter (1833 - 1896), "O Gott, wie sollt' ich singen", op. 2 no. 5, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Schlichte Weisen: Fünf Gedichte von Felix Dahn, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "Ach Gott, wie soll ich singen", op. 13 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 1, published 1873 [ satb quartet ], Mainz: Schott, 1873 [sung text checked 1 time]
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Ah God, how am I to sing of how precious...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
[Ah God, how am I to sing]1 of how precious my darling was to me:
I have seen her being carried upon a bier.
And when I now want to think of her fingers, white and delicate,
With much grief I am reminded of her white mortcloth.
If the red scent of her cheeks wishes to waft through my mind,
I am forced to see the roses that bloom upon her grave!
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Translations of title(s):
"Ach Gott, wie soll ich singen" = "Ah God, how am I to sing"
"O Gott, wie sollt' ich singen" = "Oh God, how could I sing"
1 Ritter: "Oh God, how could I sing"
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