See, my child, I depart | See, my child, I depart

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Sieh mein kind ich gehe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Sieh mein kind ich gehe.
Denn du darfst nicht kennen
Nicht einmal durch nennen
Menschen müh und wehe.
Mir ist um dich bange.
Sieh mein kind ich gehe
Dass auf deiner wange
Nicht der duft verwehe.
Würde dich belehren ·
Müsste dich versehren
Und das macht mir wehe.
Sieh mein kind ich gehe.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• A. Schnabel

About the headline (FAQ)

View text with all available footnotes

Text Authorship:

by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der Sagen und Sänge, in Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns, no. 6 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Go to the general view

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 54

See, my child, I depart

NOTE: the footnotes have been removed from this text; return to general view

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

See, my child, I depart.
For you must not know,
Not even through their mentioning,
Of human pain and woe.
I fear for you.
See, my child, I depart
So that the scent
Upon your check is not blown away.
I would teach you,
Would be forced to injure you,
And that causes me pain.
See, my child, I depart.

View text with all available footnotes

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2011 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Das Buch der Sagen und Sänge, in Sänge eines fahrenden Spielmanns, no. 6
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general view

This text was added to the website: 2011-05-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 61