It is well, ever well for the man

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by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Wohl, und immer wohl dem Mann

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

   Wohl, und immer wohl dem Mann,
Der sein Liebes sehen kann,
Der, mit wonniglichen Küssen,
Darf in seinen Arm es schliessen!
Wohl, und immer wohl dem Mann,
Der sein Liebes sehen kann!
 
   Aber weh dem armen Mann,
Der nichts Liebes sehen kann!
Der, wie ich, in Minnebanden,
Trauern muß in fremden Landen!
Weh, und immer weh dem Mann,
Der nichts Liebes sehen kann!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• M. Paradis

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Confirmed with Johann Martin Millers Gedichte, Ulm: bey Johann Konrad Wohler, 1783, page 138

Text Authorship:

by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814), "Wohl und Weh. Minnelied", written 1772 [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 Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759 - 1824), "Aus Siegwart", 1784-86 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Lieder auf ihrer Reise in Musik gesetzt, no. 3. [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

It is well, ever well for the man

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

   It is well, ever well for the man
Who can look upon her whom he loves,
Who with blissful kissing
May clasp her in his arms!
It is well, ever well for the man
Who can look upon her whom he loves!
 
   But woe to the poor man
Who cannot look upon what he loves!
Who, like me, in the bonds of love,
Must mourn in foreign lands!
Woe, and ever woe to the man
Who cannot look upon what he loves!

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Translation of title "Wohl und Weh. Minnelied" = "Weal and Woe. Song of Courtly Love"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814), "Wohl und Weh. Minnelied", written 1772
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This text was added to the website: 2016-05-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 86