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by (Karl) Ludwig Pfau (1821 - 1894)
Translation © by John H. Campbell

O, du lieber, lieber Schatz! wir müssen...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
O, du [lieber, lieber]1 Schatz! wir müssen scheiden,
Keine Hoffnung ist auf Erden mehr.
[Drum]2 zerspringet schier [das Herz, das Herz]3 uns beiden --
[Lieber]4 Schatz! ach weine nicht so sehr!
Gib mir einen Kuß! 
Eh' ich [dich lassen]5 muß.
[O wie]6 trägt mein Herz an seiner Lieb' so schwer!

[Ach! das Bächlein rauscht und rauscht]7 zu deinen Füßen,
Schwälblein baut an deinem Fensterlein.
[Ach! sie Alle, Alle dürfen]8 dich begrüßen,
[Und von dannen muß nur ich]9 allein.
Von der Rose brich 
[Einen]10 Strauß für mich!
Daß ich Etwas hab' von dir, darauf ich wein'.

Mond und Sonne will [nach dir, nach dir]11 ich fragen,
Die dich sehen über'm fernen Meer.
Alle Nacht will ich [Gutnacht, Gutnacht]12 dir sagen,
Als ob ich noch immer bei dir wär'.
[Nimm]13 den letzten Kuß!
[Weh! dich]14 lassen muß,
B'hüt' dich Gott, mein Schatz, ich seh' dich nimmermehr!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Hiller •   H. Marschner •   M. Schnorr von Carolsfeld 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludwig Pfau, Zweite Auflage, Stuttgart, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, 1858, page 136.

1 Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "lieber"
2 Marschner, Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "Drob"
3 Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "das Herz"
4 Marschner, Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "Liebster"
5 Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "scheiden"
6 Marschner, Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "Ach! Wie"
7 Marschner, Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "Sieh, das Bächlein rauscht"
8 Marschner, Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "Alle dürfen zärtlich"
9 Marschner: "Und von hinnen muß ich nur"; Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "Ach, von hinnen muß nur ich"
10 Marschner, Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "Noch den"
11 Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "nach dir"
12 Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "Gutnacht"
13 Marschner, Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "Gib"
14 Hiller: "Eh' dich"; Marschner, Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "Eh' ich dich"

Text Authorship:

  • by (Karl) Ludwig Pfau (1821 - 1894), appears in Gedichte [1847], in 3. Lieder und Stimmen, in Burschenlieder, no. 11 [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Trennung", subtitle: "Im Volkston", op. 71 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor oder Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gottfried Angerer (1851 - 1909), "Ewige Trennung", copyright © 1895 [ men's chorus ], note: may be incorrect text; first line given in catalog as "O du lieber Schatz" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Valentin Eduard Becker (1814 - 1890), "Abschied", op. 80 (Vier Gesänge für Männerchor) no. 4, published 1875 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "O du lieber Schatz", op. 111 (12 Lieder für eine Altstimme) no. 9 [ alto and piano ], Hamburg: Aug. Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Philipp Lehmler , "Trennung", from Zwei Männerchöre, no. 1, Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Trennung", op. 184 (Sechs Lieder für Mittelstimme) no. 4, published 1859 [ men's chorus a cappella or medium voice and piano ], Hamburg, Meyer und Bartels [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Otto Schmidt , "Trennung", op. 22 (Sechs vierstimmige Gesänge für Frauenchor) no. 2 [ four-part women's chorus ], Berlin: Schlesinger'sche Buch- und Musikalienhandlung (Rob. Lienau) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1825 - 1904), "Trennung" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Edwin Schultz (1827 - 1907), "Trennung", op. 232 (Duette für zwei Singstimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, copyright © 1900 [ duet for 2 voices and piano ], Berlin: Otto Wernthal [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Willy Stollewerk , "Trennung", op. 16 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Coblenz: C. Kraehmer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Ferdinand Wüerst (1824 - 1881), "Trennung", op. 85 (Drei vierstimmige Lieder im Volkston für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Baß) no. 3 [ SATB quartet a cappella ], Berlin: Hermann Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Baptist Zerlett (1859 - 1935), "O du lieber Schatz", op. 156 (Drei Lieder für Männerchor) no. 3 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig: Otto Forberg (vormals Thiemer’s Verlag) [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "Separation", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , John H. Campbell , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 157

Separation
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
O, my sweetheart, we must part,
hope is no more on Earth;
it almost shatters both our hearts;
dearest treasure, oh!  Weep not so bitterly.
Give me a kiss 
before I must leave you,
oh!  How heavy is my heart in its love.

See, the brooklet ripples at your feet,
Little swallows build nests at your window;
all can greet you tenderly
and I must be apart and alone.
Pick a rose for me
from your bouquet,
that I have something from you, on it I'll weep.

I will ask the moon and sun about you,
as you'll also see them over the distant sea,
every night I'll wish you ``good-night'',
as if I were still here with you.
Give me a last kiss
before I must leave,
God be with you, my treasure, I'll see you never again.

Note: this is a translation of the Marschner version.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by John H. Campbell, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by (Karl) Ludwig Pfau (1821 - 1894), appears in Gedichte [1847], in 3. Lieder und Stimmen, in Burschenlieder, no. 11
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 139

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