The thrall of love | I would like to flee into the distance

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by Ernst Viktor Schellenberg (1827 - 1896)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Liebesbann

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: 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.

Text Authorship:

by Ernst Viktor Schellenberg (1827 - 1896), "Liebesbann", appears in Kleines Lieder- und Bilderbuch von Ernst Veit [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 Emil Paul , "Liebesbann", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Rahter [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The thrall of love", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-03-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

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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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ernst Viktor Schellenberg (1827 - 1896), "Liebesbann", appears in Kleines Lieder- und Bilderbuch von Ernst Veit
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This text was added to the website: 2022-03-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 70