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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Volkslied
 (Sung text for setting by R. Franz)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Slovenian (Slovenščina) 
Our translations:  ENG
 ... 

  Wozu, wozu mir sein
Sollte das Aug', das helle, klare mein,
Soll nicht damit mein Liebster beäugelt sein? --

  Wozu, wozu mir sein
Sollte die Hand, die zarte, weiße mein,
Soll nicht damit mein Liebster gestreichelt sein? --

  Wozu, wozu mir sein
Sollte der Arm, der runde, weiche mein,
Soll nicht damit mein Liebster umschlungen sein?

  Wozu, wozu mir sein
Sollte das Herz, das volle, heiße mein,
Soll nicht damit mein Liebster geliebet sein?

Composition:

    Set to music by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Volkslied", op. 42 (Aus Osten, sechs Gesänge) no. 1, published 1867, stanzas 3-6 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel (formerly Whistling)

Text Authorship:

  • by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Poetische Zugaben aus verschiedenen Ländern und Völkern, in Aus Krain, first published 1846

Based on:

  • a text in Slovenian (Slovenščina) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from Carniola (German: Krain) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 109

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