by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Seit die Liebste war entfernt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
Seit die Liebste [war]1 entfernt,
[Hatt']2 ich's Lachen ganz verlernt.
Schlechten Witz [riß]3 mancher Wicht,
Aber lachen konnt' ich nicht.

Seit ich sie verloren hab,
Schafft' ich auch das Weinen ab;
[Fast]4 vor Weh das Herz mir bricht,
Aber weinen kann ich nicht.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 139.

1 Lang: "mir"
2 Allitsen: "Hätt'", Lang: "Hab' "
3 Lang: "trieb"
4 Lang (1851 setting only): "Oft"

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  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Since my beloved went away", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 35, first published 1827
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Since my beloved went away
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Since my beloved went [away]1,
I [had]2 completely forgotten how to laugh.
Many a scoundrel made a bad joke,
But I could not laugh.
 
Since I have lost her,
I have also given up weeping;
My heart is [almost]3 breaking with pain,
But I cannot weep.

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1 Lang: "away from me"
2 Lang: "have"
3 Lang (1851 setting only): "often"

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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 46