Farewell! You dear Mr. Schleich!

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by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ein Lebewohl!

(Sung text for setting by J. Lang)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Lebe wohl!  Du lieber Herr Schleich!
Wie bist du groß und reich!
Mit deiner Stimme lind und weich
Singst du den lieben Engelein gleich!
O Schleich, o Schleich! Wie bist du reich!
Singst alle uns ja krank und bleich!
Mit deiner Stimme lind und weich
Singst du den lieben Engelein gleich!
Du singst uns alle ins Himmelreich!
Lebe wohl!  Lebe wohl!

Note: The musical manuscript of Lang's incomplete song only contains the text up to and including the first three words of line 3, although the vocal line could accommodate the text up to and including the first four words of line 4. The rest of the text above was cobbled together from two copies of the poem in Lang's hand in a different manuscript booklet.

Composition:

Josephine Lang

Text Authorship:

by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880)

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , subtitle: "for Hans Schleich as a little bit of fun on Christmas Eve", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-04-07
Line count: 10
Word count: 64

A farewell!

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Lang)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Farewell! You dear Mr. Schleich!
How great and rich you are!
With your voice soft and mellow
You sing like the dear angels!
Oh Schleich, oh Schleich!  How rich you are!
You sing us all to sickness and paleness!
With your soft and mellow voice
You sing like the dear angels!
You sing us all into the heavenly realm!
Farewell!  Farewell!

Subtitle: "for Hans Schleich as a little bit of fun on Christmas Eve"

Translations of title(s):
"Ein Lebewohl!" = "A farewell!"
"Erster Entwurf einer Hÿmne im Wagner'schen Stiele geschrieben 1863" = "First sketch of an anthem in the style of Wagner"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880)
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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-07
Line count: 10
Word count: 64