Dialogue | Again and again you gave me

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by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Du gabst mir immer wieder

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

"Du gabst mir immer wieder
Dein Herz und deine Lieder,
Ich nahm sie sorglos hin.
Nun muß ich dich betrüben:
Ich darf dich nicht mehr lieben,
Weil ich nicht dein mehr bin."

"Und liebst du einen andern,
Will ich ins Weite wandern,
Mir wird so enge hier.
Wie schmerzlich blüht der Flieder!
Mein Herz und meine Lieder,
Ich lasse sie bei dir."

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• R. Mengelberg • C. Orff

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Confirmed with Klabund Gesammelte Gedichte Lyrik Balladen Chansons, Wien: Phaidon-Verlag, 1930, page 231.

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund, "Zwiegespräch", appears in Siebenter Kreis: Der Leierkastenmann [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Dialogue

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

"Again and again you gave me
Your heart and your songs,
I accepted them unheedingly.
Now I must grieve you:
I am no longer allowed to love you,
Because I am no longer yours."

"And if you love another,
I shall wander out into the wide world,
I feel so confined here.
How painfully the lilac blooms!
My heart and my songs,
I leave them behind with you."

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund, "Zwiegespräch", appears in Siebenter Kreis: Der Leierkastenmann
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This text was added to the website: 2014-10-27
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Word count: 71