If I could only once greet you | If I could only once greet

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by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Könnt' ich nur einmal grüßen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Könnt' ich nur einmal grüßen 
Dich, wie's im Herzen mir;
Nur einmal dich umschließen,
Küssen die Lippen dir!

  Ich wollt' ja gerne scheiden,
Doch immer denken dein;
Ich wollt' ja gerne leiden,
Dein sei die Freude mein!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, page 149.

Text Authorship:

by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition], in Mädchenlieder, no. 3 [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 Schotte (1864 - 1917), "Könnt' ich nur einmal grüssen dich", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Mädchenlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Uhse [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "If I could only once greet you", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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If I could only once greet you

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  If I could only once greet
You, in accord with what is in my heart;
Only once embrace you,
Kiss your lips!

  I would gladly part from you then,
But always think of you;
I would gladly suffer,
May my happiness be given to you!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition], in Mädchenlieder, no. 3
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This text was added to the website: 2021-11-22
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Word count: 46