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by Berthold Viertel (1885 - 1953)

Wer traurig sein will, wird vielleicht...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Wer traurig sein will, wird vielleicht mich lesen,
Und er wird denken zwischen [meinen]1 Zeilen:
"Ja, traurig ist auch dieser Mensch gewesen.
[Kann]2 seine Traurigkeit die meine heilen?"
 
[Wir wollen uns um unsre]3 Gründe fragen
Der Traurigkeit, du Mensch der [späteren]4 Zeiten.
Die [meinen]5 wird dir die Geschichte sagen,
Die Jahresdaten meiner Traurigkeiten.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Eisler •   H. Eisler 

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Confirmed with Bertold Viertel, Der Lebenslauf. Gedichte, New York: Aurora Verlag, 1946, page 42

1 Eisler: "den"
2 Eisler: "Aber kann"
3 Eisler: "Ich will dich nicht über die"
4 Eisler: "besseren"
5 Eisler: "meine"

Text Authorship:

  • by Berthold Viertel (1885 - 1953), "Wer traurig sein will", appears in Der Lebenslauf. Gedichte, in Stimmen der Zeit [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 Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Chanson allemande", 1953 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Traurigkeit", published 1962 [ baritone, string orchestra ], from Ernste Gesänge, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Dr. Anthony Krupp) , "Sadness", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 58

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