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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Donna (Bareket) Breitzer

O wüßtest du, wie viel ich deinetwegen

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

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

O wüßtest du, wie viel ich deinetwegen,
Du falsche Renegatin, litt zur Nacht,
Indeß du im verschloßnen Haus gelegen
Und ich die Zeit im Freien zugebracht.
Als Rosenwasser diente mir der Regen,
Der Blitz hat Liebesbotschaft mir gebracht;
Ich habe Würfel mit dem Sturm gespielt,
Als unter deinem Dach ich Wache hielt.
  Mein Bett war unter deinem Dach bereitet,
Der Himmel lag als Decke drauf gebreitet,
  Die Schwelle deiner Thür, das war mein Kissen -
Ich Ärmster, ach, was hab' ich ausstehn müssen!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 80.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Venedig (Vilote), no. 38, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Se ti savessi, o falsa renegada", appears in Canti del popolo veneziano per la prima volta raccolti ed illustrati da Angelo Dalmedico, Venezia, A. Santini, first published 1848
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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), "O wüßtest du, wie viel ich deinetwegen", 1890-6, from Italienisches Liederbuch, no. 44 [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) , "Oh, if you knew, how much for 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

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

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 82

Oh, if you knew, how much for you

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Oh, if you knew, how much for you,
False renegade, I've suffered at night,
While you lay locked up in your house,
And I passed the time outside.
My rose-water has been the rain,
The lightning has brought me messages of love;
I've played dice with the storm,
While keeping watch beneath  your eaves.
Beneath your eaves my bed was laid,
Spread with the sky as blanket,
The step outside your door was my pillow -
Poor wretch I am, oh how I've suffered!

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 Venedig (Vilote), no. 38, first published 1860
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Se ti savessi, o falsa renegada", appears in Canti del popolo veneziano per la prima volta raccolti ed illustrati da Angelo Dalmedico, Venezia, A. Santini, first published 1848
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 83