Du mußt nicht um mich weinen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Du mußt nicht um mich weinen,
Es hilft dir nichts, mein Herz,
Denn was uns kann vereinen,
Das trennt uns auch: der Schmerz.
Du mußt nicht um mich klagen,
O laß das Seufzen seyn.
Ich muß es Dir doch sagen,
Ich werde nimmer Dein.
Du weinst um mich vergebens,
Und doch mit einem Wort,
Nehm' ich den Trost des Lebens
Dir, ach! für immer fort.
Laß bluten Deine Wunden,
Auch meine Wunde brennt;
Wir werden erst verbunden,
Wenn wir uns ganz getrennt.
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Confirmed with Schriften von O.L.B. Wolff. I. Romane, Novellen und Erzählungen, Gesamtausgabe, Neuntes Bändchen, Erzählungen aus dem täglichen Leben, Jena: Druck und Verlag von Friedrich Mauke, 1842, pages 90-91.
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You must not weep for me
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
You must not weep for me,
It does not help you, my heart,
For that which can unite us,
Also separates us: namely, pain.
You must not lament over me,
Oh leave off the sighing.
I must nevertheless tell you
That I shall never be yours.
You weep for me in vain,
And yet with a single word
I take from you the comfort
Of your life, ah! forever.
Let your wounds bleed,
My wound, too, burns;
We shall only be united
When we have utterly been separated.
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