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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Wüßt' ich gewiß, daß es mein Liebster...
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Wüßt' ich gewiß, daß es mein Liebster hörte,
Mit lauter Stimme fing' ich an zu singen.
Zu viele Berg' und Thäler sind dazwischen,
Und meine Stimme kann [nicht zu ihm]1 dringen.
Ach, dränge zu ihm hin mein lauter Schmerz,
Zufrieden gäbe sich dies arme Herz!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   H. Goetz 

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Confirmed with Paul Heyse, Italienisches Liederbuch, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz (Bessersche Buchhandlung), 1860, page 44.

1 Goetz: "zu ihm nicht"

Text Authorship:

  • by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Italienisches Liederbuch, in Rispetti, in Toscanisch, no. 93, first published 1860 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Richard Barth (1850 - 1923), "Wüsst' ich gewiss, dass mein Liebster hörte", op. 12 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Frankfurt a/M., Steyl & Thomas [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hermann (Gustav) Goetz (1840 - 1876), "Wüßt' ich gewiß, daß es mein Liebster hörte", op. 4 no. 1 (1866), published 1869 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Rispetti: Sechs Italienische Volksgesänge, no. 1, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "If I knew for certain that my beloved would hear it", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-28
Line count: 6
Word count: 46

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