Again I am torn away

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Schon wieder bin ich fortgerissen

(Sung text for setting by J. Lang)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

   Schon wieder bin ich fortgerissen
Vom Herzen, das ich innig liebe,
Schon wieder bin ich fortgerissen --
O wüßtest du, wie gern ich bliebe!
 
   Der Wagen rollt, es dröhnt die Brücke,
Der Fluß darunter fließt so trübe;
Ich scheide wieder von dem Glücke.
Vom Herzen, das ich innig liebe.
 
   Am Himmel jagen hin die Sterne,
Als flöhen sie vor meinem Schmerz --
Leb wohl, Geliebte! In der Ferne.
Wo ich auch bin, blüht dir mein Herze.

Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philiipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 252.

Composition:

Josephine Lang

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 39

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Again I am torn away

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Lang)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

   Again I am torn away
From the heart that I love profoundly;
Again I am torn away --
Oh, if you only knew how gladly I would stay!
 
   The carriage rolls forward, the bridge groans under its weight,
The river underneath flows so turbidly;
I am again departing from happiness,
From the heart that I love profoundly!
 
   The stars race across the heavens
As if they were fleeing from my sorrow --
Farewell, beloved!  In the far distance.
Wherever I am, my heart blooms for you.

Translated titles:
"Schon wieder bin ich fortgerissen" = "Again I am torn away"
"In die Ferne" = "In the far distance"
"Trennung" = "Separation"
"Leb' wohl" and "Lebe wohl" = "Farewell"
"Schon wieder bin ich hingerissen" = "Again I am spellbound"

Text Authorship:

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