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by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Translation © by Nicola Sfredda

Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden

(Sung text for setting by F. Mendelssohn)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT FRE ITA

Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden,
Die sich dereinst geliebt,
Das ist ein großes Leiden,
Wie's größer keines gibt.
Es klingt das Wort so traurig gar:
Fahr' wohl, fahr' wohl auf immerdar!
Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden,
Die sich dereinst geliebt.

Da ich zuerst empfunden,
Daß Liebe brechen mag:
Mir war's, als sei verschwunden
Die Sonn' am hellen Tag.
Im Ohre klang mir's wunderbar:
Fahr' wohl, fahr' wohl auf immerdar!
Da ich zuerst empfunden,
Daß Liebe brechen mag.

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

Composition:

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Text Authorship:

by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Escheberg. Sankt Goar

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Quan dos cors se separen", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "When two young hearts must sever"
FRE French (Français) (Dina Levias) , "Quand deux cœurs se désunissent", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Nicola Sfredda) , "Quando si separano due cuori", copyright © 2014, (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.
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Word count: 128

Quando si separano due cuori

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Mendelssohn)

See original

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the German (Deutsch)

Quando si separano due cuori,
che un tempo si erano amati, 
questo è un grande dolore,
come non ce n'è di più grande.
Veramente suona così triste la parola:
addio, addio per sempre,
quando si separano due cuori,
che un tempo si erano amati.

Poiché io fin dall'inizio ho provato
che amore può lacerare:
a me era successo come se fosse
svanito il sole in pieno giorno.
Nell'orecchio mi ha risuonato in modo prodigioso:
addio, addio per sempre,
poiché io fin dall'inizio ho provato
che amore può lacerare.

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

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2014 by Nicola Sfredda, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Escheberg. Sankt Goar
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