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by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ah, Love, but a day

(Sung text for setting by A. Beach)

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Language: English

Our translations: CAT GER ITA

Ah, Love, but a day,
And the world has changed!
The sun's away,
And the bird estranged;
The wind has dropped, 
And the sky's deranged;
Summer has stopped.

Look in my eyes!
Wilt thou change too?
Should I fear surprise?
Shall I find aught new 
In the old and dear,
In the good and true,
With the changing year?

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Composition:

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach

Text Authorship:

by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), no title, appears in James Lee's Wife

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) , "Ach, Geliebter, nur ein Tag", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Denise Ritter Bernardini) , "Ah, l'amore, ma un giorno", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 92

Ach, Geliebter, nur ein Tag

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Beach)

See original

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Ach, Geliebter, nur ein Tag verging
Und die Welt hat sich verändert!
Die Sonne ist fort,
Der Vogel ist fremd;
Der Wind kam herab,
Und der Himmel ist verwirrt;
Der Sommer ist hin.

Blicke mir in die Augen!
Wirst du dich auch verändern?
Sollte ich mich vor einer Überraschung fürchten?
Sollte ich in der wechselnden Jahreszeit
Irgend etwas Neues finden
Im Alten und Vertrauten,
Im Guten und Wahren?

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (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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a text in English by Robert Browning (1812 - 1889), no title, appears in James Lee's Wife
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This text was added to the website: 2014-09-17
Line count: 21
Word count: 105