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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Warum bist du denn so traurig
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Warum bist du denn so traurig,
  Ich bin aller Freuden voll;
Meinst, ich wollte [dich verlassen]1?
  Ach, du [gefallst mir gar]2 zu wohl!

Morgen muß ich von dir reisen,
  Abschied nehmen mit Gewalt,
Kommst mir zwar aus meinen Augen,
  Aber nicht aus meinem Sinn!

Sitzen dort zwei schöne Tauben
  Wohl auf [einem]3 schönen Ast:
Wo sich zwei [Verliebte]4 scheiden,
  Da [verwelken]4 Laub und Gras.

Laub und Gras verwelken zwaren,
  Aber treue Liebe nicht;
Scheiden, ach, du böses Kräutlein,
  Ach, wie schwer betrübst du mich!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   P. Gretscher •   J. Grimm 

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Confirmed with Guido Goerres (ed.), Altrheinländische Mährlein und Liedlein, Coblenz: J. Hölscher, MDCCCXXXXIII, page 96.

1 Grimm: "von dir lassen"
2 Gretscher: "g'fallst mir gar"; Grimm: "gefällst mir viel"
3 Grimm: "jenem"
4 Grimm: "Geliebte"
5 Grimm: "verwelket"

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Warum bist du denn so traurig" [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 Franz Magnus Böhme (1827 - 1898), "Altes Lied, altes Leid", op. 31 (Fünf Lieder für Männerchor) no. 2, published 1891 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philipp Gretscher (1859 - 1937), "Scheiden", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston II. Sammlung: moderne Preislieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Julius Otto Grimm (1827 - 1903), "Warum bist du denn so traurig", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Eduard Rommel , "Treue Liebe", op. 4 (Sechs Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3, published [1858] [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Julius Joseph Maier, Georg Schumann, Max Joseph Winkler.

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 89

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