When our love was still in bloom

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by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Als unsre Liebe noch blühend war

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Als unsre Liebe noch blühend war,
Haben wir unter den Zweigen gesessen,
Hand in Hand, und die Sonne lag
Wie eine Krone über dem Tag.

Welk ist die Liebe -- der Wintersturm
Pfeift mir ein trotziges Lied vom Vergessen.
Meine weinende Seele spricht:
Leiden will ich -- vergessen nicht!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Anna Ritter, Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, Fünfte Auflage, Stuttgart: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1900, page 106.

Text Authorship:

by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Todtes Glück", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 4. Fremdes Leben, no. 25 [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 Paul Caro (1859 - 1914), "Totes Glück", op. 36 (Lieder für eine höhere Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1910 [ high voice and piano ], Wien & Leipzig: Adolf Robitscheck [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Heinz Scholtys (1900 - 1945), "Totes Glück", op. 3 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from 94 Lieder, no. 66 [sung text not yet checked]

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

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

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When our love was still in bloom

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

When our love was still in bloom
We sat under the branches,
Hand in hand, and the sun was
Like a crown over the day.

Love has wilted -- the winter storm
Whistles a defiant song of forgetting to me.
My weeping soul speaks:
I wish to suffer -- not to forget!

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Translations of title(s):
"Todtes Glück" = "Dead happiness"
"Totes Glück" = "Dead happiness"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Todtes Glück", appears in Befreiung. Neue Gedichte, in 4. Fremdes Leben, no. 25
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 50