Farewell | I do not want to disturb your sleep

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by Johann Gustav Droysen (1808 - 1884)

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Lebewohl

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Stören möcht' ich deinen Schlaf nicht,
und so bald doch ziehst du fort;
möcht' in deinen Traum mich stehlen,
möchte Liebes dir erzählen.
Schläfst du noch?

Und nun will ich sehr dich herzen,
will dich küssen, Bruder mein,
und ich kann es noch nicht fassen,
dass du gar uns willst verlassen.
Lebe wohl!

Text Authorship:

by Johann Gustav Droysen (1808 - 1884) [author's text not yet checked 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 Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Lebewohl", H-U 236 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , "Farewell", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-12-25
Line count: 10
Word count: 53

Farewell

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I do not want to disturb your sleep,
And yet you will be leaving so soon;
I want to steal into your dreams,
Want to speak to you of love.
Are you still asleep?

And now I really want to embrace you,
Want to kiss you, my brother,
And I still cannot grasp it,
That you truly want to leave us.
Fare well!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gustav Droysen (1808 - 1884)
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This text was added to the website: 2022-06-16
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Word count: 63