I’m going away, if it must be this way

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Ich fahr' dahin, weil es muß seyn

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich fahr' dahin, [weil es muß seyn]¹,
Ich [trenn']² mich von der Liebsten mein,
[Zuletzt laß']³ ich ihr's Herze mein,
[Dieweil ich scheid', so soll es seyn!]⁴
Ich fahr' dahin!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• R. Mengelberg

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Confirmed with Rosen und Dornen : Gedichte : neue Folge, Friedrich Carl Metzger. Dillingen, 1846.

¹ Mengelberg: "wenn es muß sein"
² Mengelberg: "scheid"
³ Mengelberg: "Zur Letzt lass'"
⁴ Mengelberg: "Ich aber leb'. So muß es sein."

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Altes Minnelied" [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 (Kurt) Rudolf Mengelberg (1892 - 1959), "Ich fahr dahin ", op. 6 no. 2, published 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder des Abschieds, no. 2, Wien, Leipzig: Universal-Edition ; note: the score indicates that the text is from Des Knaben Wunderhorn [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Altes Minnelied" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Johannes Brahms, Ludwig Keller, Eduard Lassen.

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ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I’m going away, if it must be this way

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I’m going away, [if it must be this way]¹,
I separate from my beloved,
In the end, I left her my heart,
[Whilst I must depart, so must it be!]²
I’m going away!

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¹ Mengelberg: "if it must be"
² Mengelberg: "I must live. So must it be."

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a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Altes Minnelied"
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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-14
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Word count: 36