I must always think of you | I must always think of you

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by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Muß immer dein gedenken

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Muß immer dein gedenken,
Ich träum' von dir die Nacht,
Wenn sich die Wimpern senken,
Und wenn das Licht erwacht.

  Du, Rose mit weichen Düften,
Von ihm doch hauchest du?
Ich sende mit den Lüften
Allstund' ihm Grüße zu.

  Ob er sie wol verstehet
Im Leben ohn Ruh'?
Was ich für ihn erflehet,
Mein Gott, erhöre du!

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Confirmed with Franz Alfred Muth, Waldblumen, Dritte, durchaus ausgewählte und reich vermehrte Auflage, Paderborn: Druck und Verlag von Ferdinand Schöningh, 1885, pages 148-149.

Text Authorship:

by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition], in Mädchenlieder, no. 2 [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 Carl Schotte (1864 - 1917), "Muss immer dein gedenken", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Mädchenlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Uhse [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I must always think of you", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I must always think of you

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  I must always think of you,
I dream of you at night,
When my eyelashes sink down
And when light wakens.

  You, rose with soft scents,
Do you breathe to me of him?
With the breezes I send
Greetings to him every hour.

  I wonder if he understands them
In his life without rest?
That which I have pleaded for him,
My God, may Thou grant it!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz Alfred Muth (1839 - 1890), no title, appears in Waldblumen, in 2. Herzensklänge und Lebensstimmen [3rd edition], in Mädchenlieder, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2021-11-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 68