I was told you were going far away | I was told you were going far away

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Donna (Bareket) Breitzer

Mir ward gesagt, du reisest in die Ferne

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Mir ward gesagt, du reisest in die Ferne.
Ach, wohin gehst du, mein geliebtes Leben?
Den Tag, an dem du scheidest, wüßt' ich gerne;
Mit Thränen will ich das Geleit dir geben.
Mit Thränen will ich deinen Weg befeuchten --
Gedenk' an mich, und Hoffnung wird mir leuchten!
Mit Thränen bin ich bei dir allerwärts -- 
Gedenk' an mich, vergiß es nicht, mein Herz!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 4.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Umbrisch, no. 2, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "M'è stato detto che voli partire", appears in Canti popolari inediti umbri, liguri, piceni, piemontesi, latini raccolti ed illustrati da Oreste Marcoaldi, Genova, R.I. de' Sordomuti, first published 1855
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Mir ward gesagt, du reisest in die Ferne", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "I was told you were going far away", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 62

I was told you were going far away

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I was told you were going far away.
Ah, where do you go, my dearest love?
The day on which you depart, I would gladly know;
With tears will I grant you escort.
With tears will I moisten your path -
Think of me, and hope will glimmer for me!
With tears will I be with you everywhere -
Think of me - do not forget it, my heart!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Umbrisch, no. 2, first published 1860
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "M'è stato detto che voli partire", appears in Canti popolari inediti umbri, liguri, piceni, piemontesi, latini raccolti ed illustrati da Oreste Marcoaldi, Genova, R.I. de' Sordomuti, first published 1855
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 66