A curse upon you, deceitful love!

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by Johannes Martin Miller (1750 - 1814)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Verflucht seyst du, betrügerische Liebe!

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Verflucht seyst du, betrügerische Liebe!
Von dir allein stammt unser Elend her!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• D. Türk

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Confirmed with Johann Martin Miller, Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte, Faksimiledruck nach der Ausgabe von 1776, mit einem Nachwort von Alain Faure, Zweiter Band, Stuttgart: J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1971, page 788

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), "Verflucht seyst du, betrügerische Liebe!", published 1780 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gedichte aus dem Siegwart, no. 14, Leipzig und Halle, private publication (i.e., financed by the composer) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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This text was added to the website: 2016-06-16
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Word count: 12

A curse upon you, deceitful love!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A curse upon you, deceitful love!
From you alone stems all our wretchedness!

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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: 2
Word count: 13