Ghasel | Who could have seen her and not

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by Henriette Wilhelmine Auguste von Schorn (1807 - 1869), as Adil

Translation © by Harald Krebs

Wer hätte sie gesehn und nicht

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Wer hätte sie gesehn und nicht
auch sie geliebt?
Ich sah sie und ich hab',
ich weiss nicht wie, geliebt.
Ich hab' ihr oft gehorcht,
und selbst ihr härtstes Wort
hab' ich wie Nachtigallenmelodie geliebt.
Nur Eine hat mein Herz für diese Welt geraubt
und nichts begehrt' ich mehr,
wenn mich nur die geliebt.
Ja in der andern Welt wird Adil
sprechen noch:
hätt' ich nicht Dich geliebt,
Ich hätte nie geliebt.

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Text Authorship:

by Henriette Wilhelmine Auguste von Schorn (1807 - 1869), as Adil [author's text not yet checked 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 (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Wer hätte sie geseh'n", op. 1 (Sechs Gedichte für Tenor (oder Sopran)) no. 2, published 1854 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by F. C. (Ferdinand Carl) Füchs (1811 - 1848), "Nachklänge", published 1852 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Witzendorf [sung text not yet checked]
by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Ghasel", op. 19 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 11, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Ghasel", op. 72 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 3 (1826) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Harald Krebs) , "Ghasel", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-24
Line count: 14
Word count: 72

Ghasel

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Who could have seen her and not
Also loved her?
I saw her and I
Have loved her, oh so much.
I often obeyed her,
And even her harshest word
I loved as the melody of a nightingale.
Only one has stolen my heart away from this world
And nothing more do I desire,
If only she loved me.
Yes, even in the other world, Adil
Shall still say:
Had I never loved you,
I would never have loved.

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