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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.
...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Wenn sich zwei Herzen scheiden", op. posth. 99 (Sechs Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5 (1845), stanzas 1-2 [ voice and piano ]
Score: IMSLP [external link]
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
Wanneer twee harten scheiden,
Die hielden van elkaar,
Is dat een heel groot lijden,
Het grootste wel, voorwaar.
Dan klinkt dat woord vol treurigheid:
Vaarwel, vaarwel, in eeuwigheid!
Wanneer twee harten scheiden,
Die hielden van elkaar.
Toen heb ik eerst ervaren
Dat liefde breken kon;
Mij leek wel heengevaren
Bij volle dag de zon.
Mij klonk in ’t oor vol wonderheid:
Vaarwel, vaarwel, in eeuwigheid!
Toen heb ik eerst ervaren
Dat liefde breken kon.
...
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
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- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2017 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- 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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