Farewell, farewell! good-bye!

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by Moritz Hartmann (1821 - 1872)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Leb wohl, leb wohl! auf Wiedersehn!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

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Leb wohl, leb wohl! auf Wiedersehn!
Der Regen fällt, die Stürme wehn,
Die Thräne sinkt, der Gram erwacht,
Mein ganzes Glück versinkt in Nacht --
O Gott, wie kannst du von mir gehn!

Verlaß mich nicht! -- vergiß mich nicht!
Du bist mein Tag, du bist mein Licht,
Du meine Zukunft und mein Kranz,
Du bist mein Herz, mein Leben ganz,
Du bist mein herrlichstes Gedicht.

Was soll ich noch auf Erden hier?
Was soll ich noch, getrennt von dir?
O höre, höre das Gebet,
Das meine tiefste Seele fleht:
Verlaß mich nicht und bleibe hier!

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Confirmed with Moritz Hartmann's Gesammelte Werke. Erster Band, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1874, page 207.

Text Authorship:

by Moritz Hartmann (1821 - 1872), no title, appears in Schatten. Poetische Erzählungen, in 4. Intermezzo (Tagebuchblätter), no. 14 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Farewell, farewell! good‑bye!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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Farewell, farewell! good-bye!
The rain falls, the storms blow,
The tears flow, misery wakens,
My entire happiness sinks into night--
Oh God, how can you leave me!

Leave me not! -- forget me not!
You are my day, you are my light,
You are my future and my wreath,
You are my heart, my entire life,
You are my most glorious poem.

What am I still to do upon this earth?
What am I still to do, separated from you?
Oh hear, hear the prayer
That my deepest soul utters:
Do not leave me and stay here!

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Translations of titles:
"Leb' wohl" = "Farewell"
"Leb' wohl!" = "Farewell!"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Moritz Hartmann (1821 - 1872), no title, appears in Schatten. Poetische Erzählungen, in 4. Intermezzo (Tagebuchblätter), no. 14
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-21
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