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Die Liebe hat gelogen, Die Sorge lastet schwer, Betrogen, ach, betrogen Hat alles mich umher! Es [rinnen]1 [heiße]2 Tropfen Die Wange stets herab, Laß ab, [laß ab]3 zu klopfen, [Laß ab, mein]4 Herz, laß ab!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Vermischte Schriften von August Graf von Platen Hallermünde. Erlangen, bey Carl Heyder. 1822, page 90; and with Gesammelte Werke des Grafen August von Platen. In Einem Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag. 1839, page 11.
1 Schubert: "fließen"2 Platen (1839 edition): "helle"
3 Schubert: "mein Herz,"
4 Schubert: "Du armes"
Authorship:
- by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, written 1819? [author's text checked 2 times 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 Robert von Hornstein (1833 - 1890), "Die Liebe hat gelogen", op. 12 (3 Lieder) no. 2, published 1858 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Die Liebe hat gelogen", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Liebe hat gelogen", op. 23 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, D 751 (1822), published 1823 [ voice, piano ], Sauer & Leidesdorf, VN 367, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De liefde heeft gelogen", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Love has lied", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 35
Love has lied, Worries burden me heavily; I am deceived, alas! deceived By everything around me! [Bright tears run]1 Down my cheeks; [Cease, cease your beating, Cease, my heart, cease!]2
1 Schubert: "Hot tears stream"
2 Schubert: "Cease, my heart, your beating -/ You poor heart, stop!"
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, written 1819?
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 30