«[Lebe wohl!]1» - Du [fühlest]2 nicht,
Was es heißt, dies Wort der Schmerzen;
Mit getrostem Angesicht
[Sagtest du's und]3 leichtem Herzen.

[Lebe wohl!]1 - Ach, tausendmal
Hab' ich mir es vorgesprochen.
Und in nimmersatter Qual
Mir das Herz damit gebrochen.

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Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Gedichte, Dramatisches, Erzählendes, Zweite, erweiterte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachf., 1961, pages 54-55.

¹ Cahn-Speyer: "Lebewohl!"
² Cahn-Speyer: "fühlst es"; Graben-Hoffmann: "fürchtest" (according to Hofmeister), further changes may exist not shown above.
³ Cahn-Speyer: "Sprachest du's, mit"

Text Authorship:

• by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Lebewohl" [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 Michael Brough (b. 1960), "Lebe wohl", op. 15 (24 Lieder) no. 13 (>>2000) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rudolf S. Cahn-Speyer (1881 - 1940), "Lebewohl", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1913 [ voice and piano ], Cöln am Rhein: Verlag Tischer & Jagenberg [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand Debois , "Lebewohl", published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung , no. 2, Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Lebewohl' du fühlest nicht", op. 4 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1908 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942), "Lebe wohl", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 1 no. 23 (1939) [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Lebewohl", op. 3 (6 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier) no. 4 (1920) [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Dino Ghisalberti (1891 - 1949), "Lebewohl", 1916 [ voice and piano ], from Ventiquattro Camerale, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Lebe wohl", op. 88 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
• by Georg Hering , "Lebe wohl, du fühlest nicht", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 3, published 1879 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, (Friedrich) [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Lebe wohl! du fühlest nicht", op. 12 (Vier Lieder) no. 3, published 1879? [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Lebewohl", op. 134 (6 Lieder für Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1868 [ alto and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Hans Langer (b. 1887), "Lebewohl" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Lebe wohl!", published 1859 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Pressel (1827 - 1890), "Leb wohl" [ voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Ries (1846 - 1932), "Lebewohl!", op. 21 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Erler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Fritz Franz Schieri (1922 - 2009), "Lebewohl", 1939 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Lebe wohl", 1979 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jean-Pierre Waelbroeck (b. 1954), "Lebewohl", 1994 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Lebewohl" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Lebe wohl", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 36 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Adieu !", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Adieu !", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Addio", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

¡Adiós! Tú no sientes
lo que significa esta palabra de dolor,
pues la dices con rostro consolado
y corazón ligero.

¡Adiós! ¡Ay, mil veces
la he pronunciado para mí mismo,
y en una tortura sin fin, el corazón
se me ha roto al decirla!