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[Ach]1 wärst du mein, es wär' ein schönes Leben! So aber ists Entsagen nur und Trauern, [Und]2 ein verlornes Grollen und Bedauern; Ich kann es meinem Schicksal nicht vergeben. Undank tut wohl und jedes Leid der Erde; Ja! meine [Freund']3 in Särgen, Leich' an Leiche, Sind ein gelinder Gram, wenn ichs vergleiche Dem Schmerz, daß ich dich nie besitzen werde.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Strauss: "O"
2 Strauss: "Nur"
3 Strauss: "Freud' "
Authorship
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "An *", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge [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 Leopold Damrosch (1832 - 1885), "An *", op. 8 no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Ach, wärst du mein", op. 71 (6 Lieder für mittlere Singstimme und Klavier) no. 2 (1930) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Ach wärst du mein, es wär' ein schön'res Leben", published 1879 [ mezzo-soprano or soprano or tenor and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Sopran oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "Ach wärst du mein!", published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Lieder und Gesänge, no. 8, note: this may be the wrong text for this setting ; Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "O wärst du mein!", op. 26 (Zwei Lieder nach Nicolaus Lenau) no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To *", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "A *", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-05-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 60
Ach1, was ‘k bij jou, hoe mooi was dan het leven! Nu echter is ’t ontberen slechts en treuren, [En een]2 wanhopig wrokken en betreuren; Ik kan het echt mijn noodlot niet vergeven. Ondank is goed, en ieder leed schept orde; Ja, vriend na vriend begraven - steeds maar lijken - Is niet zo’n groot verdriet, te vergelijken Met ’t leed, dat jij toch nooit mijn vrouw zult worden.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Ach wärst du mein, es wär' ein schön'res Leben" = "Ach, was ‘k bij jou, hoe mooi was dan het leven!"
"Ach wärst du mein!" = "Ach, was ‘k bij jou!"
"An *" = "Aan *"
"O wärst du mein!" = "O, was ‘k bij jou!"
2 Strauss: "Alleen"
Authorship
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2019 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "An *", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Liebesklänge
This text was added to the website: 2019-02-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 69