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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Czech (Čeština) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
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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Text 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]

Based on:

  • a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Bohemian [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

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]
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • 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]

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
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
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!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

    Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:

    Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
    from the LiederNet Archive

    For any other purpose, please write to the e-mail address below to request permission and discuss possible fees.
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Based on:

  • 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
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Bohemian [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 77

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