Think, oh dear one! think of your poor friend!

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by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Denk, o Lieber! Deines armen Freundes!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

v. Kronhelm
     Denk, o Lieber! Deines armen Freundes!
Stark, und heiß, und treu, wie Geßners Schäfer,
     Hat sein Herz geliebt;
       Aber weine, Freund!
     Ich werde sterben!
Denn ich liebte stark, und heiß, und treu!
     Und zerrissen ist das Band der Liebe!
       Ach die Zeiten sind dahin,
Da ich glücklich war, wie Geßners Schäfer!
     Weine, Freund! und denke meiner!

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Confirmed with Johann Martin Miller, Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte, Erster Theil, Zwote, rechmässige und verbesserte Auflage, Leipzig: in der Weygandschen Buchhandlung, 1777, page 342

Text Authorship:

by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814), no title, appears in Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750 - 1813), "Denk, o Lieber! Deines armen Freundes!", published 1780 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gedichte aus dem Siegwart, no. 4, Leipzig und Halle, private publication (i.e., financed by the composer) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-06-16
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Word count: 58

Think, oh dear one! think of your poor...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

     Think, oh dear one! [think] of your poor friend!
Intensely and fervently and faithfully, like Geßner's shepherd,
     Did his heart love;
       But weep, friend!
     I shall die!
For I loved intensely and fervently and faithfully!
     And the bond of love is torn asunder!
       Ah the times are past,
[The times] when I was happy, as was Geßner's shepherd!
     Weep, friend! and think of me!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814), no title, appears in Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte
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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-16
Line count: 10
Word count: 65