Liebesbann
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
In die Ferne möcht' ich fliehen,
Doch dein Blick hält mich zurück;
Laß die Andren rastlos ziehen,
Wo ich liebe, wohnt mein Glück.
Laß die Zeit sich dreh'n im Kreise, --
Wenn auch Lenz und Sommer flieht,
Immer tönt die alte Weise,
Immer klingt das eine Lied:
Eine Seel' umschlingt die Andre,
Jede Stund' ist ewig Glück!
Spricht das Leben: "Wandre wandre!"
Fleht die Liebe: "Bleib zurück!"
Confirmed with Ernst Veit, Kleines Lieder- und Bilderbuch, Dresden: G. Schönfeld's Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1876, page 112.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The thrall of love", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The thrall of love
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
I would like to flee into the distance,
But your gaze holds me back;
Let the others roam restlessly,
Where I love, there lives my happiness.
Let time turn in a circle, --
Even if spring and summer pass,
Ever sounds the olds refrain,
Ever rings out a single song:
One soul embraces the other,
Every hour is eternal happiness!
If life speaks: "Go wandering! Go wandering!"
Love pleads: "Remain behind!"
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