Dialogue | Again and again you gave me

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by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Zwiegespräch

(Sung text for setting by R. Mengelberg)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

"Du gabst mir immer wieder
Dein Herz und deine Lieder,
Ich nahm sie sorglos hin.
Nun muß ich dich betrüben:
Ich kann dich nicht mehr lieben,
Weil ich nicht dein mehr bin."

"Und liebst du einen andern,
Muß ich ins Weite wandern,
Mir wird so enge hier.
Wie schmerzlich blüht der Flieder!
Mein Herz und meine Lieder,
Ich lasse sie bei dir."

Composition:

(Kurt) Rudolf Mengelberg

Lieder des Abschieds

Text Authorship:

by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund, "Zwiegespräch", appears in Siebenter Kreis: Der Leierkastenmann

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Dialogue", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dialogue", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

Dialogue

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Mengelberg)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

"Again and again you gave me
Your heart and your songs,
I accepted them unheedingly.
Now I must grieve you:
I am no longer allowed to love you,
Because I am no longer yours."

"And if you love another,
I  wander out into the wide world,
I feel so confined here.
How painfully the lilac blooms!
My heart and my songs,
I leave them behind with you."

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund, "Zwiegespräch", appears in Siebenter Kreis: Der Leierkastenmann
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This text was added to the website: 2014-10-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 71