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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ich fahr' dahin
 (Sung text for setting by L. Keller)
 See base text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Ich fahr dahin, wenn es muß sein,
Ich scheid mich von der Liebsten mein,
Zuletzt laß ich das Herze mein,
Dieweil ich leb, so soll es sein.
Ich fahr dahin, ich fahr dahin!

 ... 

Ich bitt dich, liebste Fraue mein,
Wann ich dich mein und anders kein,
Wann ich dir gib mein Lieb allein,
Gedenk, daß ich dein eigen bin.
Ich fahr dahin, ich fahr dahin!

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3 of the original text.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ludwig Keller (1847 - 1930), "Ich fahr' dahin", stanzas 1,3, from Zwei altdeutsche Volkslieder, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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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) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je m'en vais, puisqu'il le faut", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 136

Je m'en vais, puisqu'il le faut
 (Sung text translation for setting by L. Keller)
 See original
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Je m'en vais, puisqu'il le faut,
Je me sépare de ma bien-aimée,
Enfin, je laisse mon cœur auprès du sien,
Tant que je vivrai, il en sera ainsi,
Je m'en vais, je m'en vais !

 ... 

Je t'en prie, ma très chère femme,
Quand je pense à toi et à aucune autre,
Quand à toi seule je donne mon amour,
Songe que je suis tout entier à toi,
Je m'en vais, je m'en vais !

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Pierre Mathé, (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.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-11-13
Line count: 20
Word count: 145

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