by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA
So soll ich dich nun meiden,
Du meines Lebens Lust!
Du küssest mich zum Scheiden,
Ich drücke dich an die Brust!

Ach, Liebchen, heißt das meiden,
Wenn man sich herzt und küßt?
Ach, Liebchen, heißt das scheiden,
Wenn man sich fest umschließt?

Composition:

    Set to music by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Scheiden und Meiden", op. 19 (Fünf Gedichte) no. 2 (1858), published 1862 [ voice and piano ], Bonn, Simrock

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Scheiden en mijden", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Parting and separation", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Départ et séparation", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Separazione e abbandono", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 44