Since I have fallen in love

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by Johann Peter Eckermann (1792 - 1854)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Seit ich liebe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Seit ich liebe
Muß ich leiden.
Eh ich liebte
Hatt' ich tausend Freuden,
Hatte Ruh!
O du mein [altes Glück]¹,
[Komm, ach]² komm zurück!
 
Und [doch]³ lass' ich
Alle Freuden,
Mag am süßen
Leid mich lieber weiden,
Immer zu!
[Was sollt' alle das Glück!
Alle die Ruh! -- ]⁴

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Confirmed with Gedichte von J.P. Eckermann, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1838, page 5. Note: [sic] for stanza 2, line 6, word 3.

¹ Lang: "Glück"
² Lang (one manuscript): "Ach"; Lang (second manuscript): "O komm, ach"
³ Lang: "nun"
⁴ Lang: "Was sollte all die Ruh!"

Text Authorship:

by Johann Peter Eckermann (1792 - 1854), "Wahl", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder [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 André Hippolyte Jean Baptiste Chelard (1789 - 1861), "Erinnerung" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Vinzenz Lachner (1811 - 1893), "Erinnerung", op. 9 (3 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Darmstadt: Pabst [sung text not yet checked]
by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Erinnerung", 1837 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text checked 1 time]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

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This text was added to the website: 2016-08-31
Line count: 14
Word count: 53

Since I have fallen in love

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Since I have fallen in love
I must suffer.
Before I fell in love
I possessed a thousand joys,
[I] had peace!
Oh you my [former good]¹ fortune,
[Come, ah]² come back!
 
And [yet]³ I renounce
All joys,
I would rather
Dwell upon the sweet suffering,
Always!
[Of what use is all the happiness!
All the peace! --]⁴

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Translated titles:
"Wahl" = "Choice"
"Erinnerung" = "Remembrance"

¹ Lang: "good"
² Lang (one manuscript): "Ah"; Lang (second manuscript): " Oh come, ah"
³ Lang: "now"
⁴ Lang: "Of what use is all the peace!"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Peter Eckermann (1792 - 1854), "Wahl", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder
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This text was added to the website: 2016-08-31
Line count: 14
Word count: 62