Love | When I die one day, beloved

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Lieb'

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: ENG

Sterb' ich einst, Liebster, 
  So sollst du kein Trauerlied mir weih'n.
Setz nicht Zypressen und Rosen 
  Auf meinem Grabe ein,
Dort wachse Gras, betaut sei's 
  Bei nächt'ger Finsternis,
Und wenn du willst, gedenke, 
  Und wenn du willst, vergiß!

Ich seh' dann keinen Schatten, 
  Ich fühl' den Regen nicht,
Höre keine Nachtigall mehr, 
  Wenn Leid das Herz ihr bricht,
Und träumend in dem Zwielicht, 
  Wo Licht und Dunkel wich,
Werd' ich vielleicht gedenken,
  Vielleicht vergesse ich.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in English by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "Song", appears in Goblin Market and other Poems, first published 1862
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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 Ján Móry (1892 - 1978), "Lieb'", op. 15 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1929) [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Verlag von Ries & Erler [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Love", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2024-12-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 75

Love

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When I die one day, beloved,
  You are not to dedicate any sorrowful song to me.
Do not plant cypresses and roses
  Upon my grave,
Grass is to grow there, bedewed
  With nighttime darkness,
And if you wish, remember,
  And if you wish, forget!

I shall then see no shadows,
  I shall not feel the rain,
No longer hear the nightingale,
  When sorrow breaks its heart,
And dreaming in the twilight,
  Where light and darkness vanished,
Perhaps I shall remember,
  Perhaps I shall forget.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in English by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "Song", appears in Goblin Market and other Poems, first published 1862
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2024-12-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 84