And now, farewell, my darling treasure

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Nicht wiedersehen

(Sung text for setting by G. Mahler)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE ITA POR

"Und nun ade, mein herzallerliebster Schatz,
Jetzt muß ich wohl scheiden von dir,
Bis auf den andern Sommer,
Dann komm' ich wieder zu dir."

Und als der junge Knab heimkam,
Von seiner Liebsten fing er an:
"Wo ist meine Herzallerliebste,
Die ich verlassen hab'?"

Auf dem Kirchhof liegt sie begraben,
Heut ist's der dritte Tag,
Das Trauern und das Weinen
Hat sie zum Tod gebracht.

"Jetzt will ich auf den Kirchhof gehen,
Will suchen meiner Liebsten Grab,
Will ihr allweil rufen,
Bis daß sie mir Antwort gibt.

Ei, du mein herzallerliebster Schatz,
Mach' auf dein tiefes Grab,
Du hörst kein Glöcklein läuten,
Du hörst kein Vöglein pfeifen,
Du siehst weder Sonne noch Mond!"

Composition:

Gustav Mahler

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Nicht Wiedersehn", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright © 2016
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pas d'au revoir !", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Non vedersi mai più", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POR Portuguese (Português) (Paulo Albuquerque de Noronha) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Jakob Kellner

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Word count: 116

And now, farewell, my darling treasure

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Mahler)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

"And now, farewell, my darling treasure,
For I must now leave you
Until next summer;
Then I shall return to you."

And when the youth returned home,
He started to think of his beloved:
"Where is my beloved,
Whom I left behind?"

-- In the churchyard she lies buried,
Today is the third day,
For her sorrow and tears
Delivered her to Death. --

"Now I will go to the churchyard,
To search for my beloved's grave;
I will ever call out to her
Until she gives me an answer. 

"O, my darling treasure,
Open up your deep grave,
For you hear no bells tolling,
You hear no birds singing,
And you see neither sun nor moon!"

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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-25
Line count: 21
Word count: 115