I have enjoyed this agreeable world | I have enjoyed this agreeable world

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by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843)

Translation © by John H. Campbell

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(Sung text for setting by P. Hindemith)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Das Angenehme dieser Welt hab' ich genossen,
Der Jugend Freuden, wie lang! wie lang! verflossen,
April und Mai und Julius sind ferne,
Ich bin nichts mehr, ich lebe nicht mehr gerne!

Composition:

Paul Hindemith

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Das Angenehme dieser Welt...", appears in Späteste Gedichte 1806-1843

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ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "I have enjoyed this agreeable world", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (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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Word count: 33

I have enjoyed this agreeable world

(Sung text translation for setting by P. Hindemith)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I have enjoyed this agreeable world,
The youthful joys, how long! how long!  gone away,   
April and May and July are distant,   
I am nothing now, I wish to live no longer!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 - 1843), "Das Angenehme dieser Welt...", appears in Späteste Gedichte 1806-1843
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 34