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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Liebesklage
Language: Swiss German (Schwizerdütsch) 
"Schätzeli, was trurist du, weinist du, chlagist du?
Schätzeli, was trurist du, weinist du so sehr?"
Ach!  wenn i mein', i heig e Schatz,
Ach!  so rumplet nume d'Chatz.
Darum, darum truren i, weinen i, chlagen i,
Darum, darum truren i, weinen i so sehr. 

"Schätzeli, was trurist du, weinist du, chlagist du?
Schätzeli, was trurist du, weinist du so sehr?"
Ach!  wenn i mein', i heig es Lieb',
Ach!  so isch es numen e Dieb.
Darum, darum truren i, weinen i, chlagen i,
Darum, darum truren i, weinen i so sehr. 

"Schätzeli, was trurist du, weinist du, chlagist du?
Schätzeli, was truirst du, weinist du so sehr?"
Ach!  wenn i mein', jitz chunnt er g'schwind!
Ach!  so isch's nüt as der Wind.
Darum, darum truren i, weinen i, chlagen i,
Darum, darum truren i, weinen i so sehr. 

Confirmed with Texte zu der Sammlung von Schweizer-Kühreihen und Volksliedern: vierte, viel vermehrte und verbesserte Ausgabe, ed. by Joh. Rud. Wyss, Bern: Joh. Jak. Burgdorfer, Buchhändler, 1826, song no. 33, page 81.


Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Liebesklage " [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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Liebesklage", op. 7 no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-07-04
Line count: 18
Word count: 139

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