Quand deux cœurs se désunissent | La douleur est profonde

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by Emanuel Geibel (1815 - 1884)

Translation © by Dina Levias

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:

Felix Mendelssohn

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

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Quand deux cœurs se désunissent

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Mendelssohn)

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Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

La douleur est profonde
comme nulle autre au monde,
quand deux cœurs se désunissent
qui s'étaient aimés jadis.
Et quel malheur, ce dernier vœu :
"bonne route, bon vent - adieu, adieu "
quand - jadis unis par l'amour -
deux cœurs se quittent pour toujours. 

A l'instant où, sans détours, 
je compris que l'amour serait brisé un jour,
c'est comme si, en plein midi, 
le soleil faisait place à la nuit.
Dans mes oreilles résonnent encore
ces paroles d'un mauvais sort :
bonne route, bon vent, adieu à jamais --  
à l'instant où je compris sans détours
que l'amour serait brisé un jour.

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

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