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Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen Beschloß ich und beschwor ich, Und gehe jeden Abend, Denn jede Kraft und jeden Halt verlor ich. Ich möchte nicht mehr leben, Möcht' augenblicks verderben, Und möchte doch auch leben Für dich, mit dir, und nimmer, nimmer sterben. Ach, rede, sprich ein Wort nur, Ein einziges, ein klares; Gib Leben oder Tod mir, Nur dein Gefühl enthülle mir, dein wahres!
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Authorship
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Poetische Zugaben aus verschiedenen Ländern und Völkern, in Aus der Moldau, first published 1846 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Bohemian [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen", op. 32 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge) no. 2 (1864), published 1865 [voice and piano], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Eberhardt (1855 - 1922), "Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen", op. 20, Heft 3 no. 22, published 1891 [soprano or tenor and piano], from Amata. Ein Cyklus von 30 Liedern für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte, no. 22, Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen beschloss ich", published 1893 [voice and piano], from Neue Lieder und Gesänge, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Max Kretschmar , "Nicht mehr zu dir zu geh'n beschloss ich", op. 20 (Vier Lieder aus dem Persischen von Daumer, Hafis und Stieglitz für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1898 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Anton Rückauf (1855 - 1903), "Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen beschloss ich", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1894 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Georg Vierling (1820 - 1901), "Nicht mehr zu dir", op. 7 (Fünf Gedichte) no. 4, published 1851 [voice and piano], Berlin, Schlesinger [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Sílvia Pujalte Piñán) , "No tornar mai més a casa teva", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Niet meer jou op te zoeken", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To visit you no longer", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 66
To visit you no longer Did I resolve and swear. Yet I go to you each evening, For all strength and resolve have I lost. I long to live no longer, I long to perish instantly And yet I also long to live For you, with you, and never, never die. Ah, speak, say only one word, A single word, a clear one; Give me life or death, Only reveal your feelings to me - your true feelings!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Poetische Zugaben aus verschiedenen Ländern und Völkern, in Aus der Moldau, first published 1846
- a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Bohemian [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 78