by
Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)
Wie viele Zeit verlor ich, dich zu...
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG FRE
Wie viele Zeit verlor ich, dich zu lieben!
Hätt' ich doch Gott geliebt in all der Zeit.
Ein Platz im Paradies wär' mir verschrieben,
Ein Heil'ger säße dann an meiner Seit'.
Und weil ich dich geliebt, schön frisch Gesicht,
Verscherzt' ich mir des Paradieses Licht,
Und weil ich dich geliebt, schön Veigelein,
Komm' ich nun nicht ins Paradies hinein.
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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 46.
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Donna (Bareket) Breitzer) , "How much time I lost in loving you!", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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How much time I lost in loving you!
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
How much time I lost in loving you!
Had I only loved God in all that time,
A place in Paradise would now be mine,
A saint would then be seated at my side.
And because I loved you, beautiful fresh face,
I forfeited the light of Paradise,
And because I loved you, fair violet,
I now shall never enter Paradise.
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