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by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Wie erkenn' ich dein Treulieb

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: ENG

Wie erkenn' ich dein Treulieb
Vor den andern nun?
An den Muschelhut und Stab.
Und den Sandalschuh'n.

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Text Authorship:

by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Hamlet [an adaptation] and misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
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Based on:

a text in English possibly by Walter Raleigh, Sir (1552? - 1618)
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Wie erkenn' ich dein Treulieb", op. 74 (Drei Lieder für 1 Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1a, published 1883 [ soprano and piano ], from 7 Ophelia-Lieder aus Hamlet für Sopran, no. 1, Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Wie erkenn' ich dein Treulieb", WoO posth. 22 no. 1 (1873), from Ophelia-Lieder, no. 1, also set in English

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ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "How will I know your true love", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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How will I know your true love

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

How will I know your true love
From others now?
By the mussel-hat and staff.
And the sandal shoes.

He is long dead and gone,
Dead and gone, Miss!
At his head green grass,
At his feet a stone.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845), no title
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Hamlet [an adaptation] and misattributed to William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in English possibly by Walter Raleigh, Sir (1552? - 1618)
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2016-02-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 39