Infidelity and comfort | Up there upon yonder linden tree

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Untreu und Trost

(Sung text for setting by H. Pfitzner)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Da drob'n auf jener Linden 
Schlief ich und ruht des Nachts
Bei mei'm Feinsliebchen oben
Die ganze Nacht. 

Die Blätter von der Linde,
Die fielen all auf mich. 
Wenn mich mein Schatz verlassen hat hat,
Das kränket mich.

Daß mich mein Schatz verlassen hat,
Das kommt daher: 
Sie dacht sich zu verbessern,
Betrog sich gar sehr. 

Und wenn sie mich verlassen hat,
Was scher'  ich mich denn drum?
Wer weiß, wenn ich und sie einmal
Zusammen kumm.

Das Ringlein, das du von mir hast,
Steck' du's an deine Hand,
Ich bin einmal dein Schatz gewest,
Das macht dir keine Schand.

Composition:

Hans Erich Pfitzner

Im Volkston: moderne Volkslieder komponiert für Die Woche

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Untreu und Trost"

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Infidelity and comfort", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Infidelity and comfort

(Sung text translation for setting by H. Pfitzner)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Up there upon yonder linden tree
I slept and rested at night
Up there with my beloved
The whole night long.

The leaves of the linden tree
They all fell upon me.
When my darling has left me,
That aggrieves me.

That my darling left me
Is because:
She thought she could do better for herself,
She deceived herself mightily.

And if she has left me,
What should I care about that?
Who knows when perhaps I and she shall sometime
Get together again.

The little ring that I gave you,
Place it upon your hand,
I was once your beloved,
That is no disgrace to you.

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