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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853)

Ja oder nein?
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ach, so zu lieben
  Ist eine Pein!
Liebst du mich, sag' mir:
  Ja oder nein?

Ach, was erlitt ich,
  Seit ich dich sah!
Sag' mir doch endlich:
  Nein oder ja!

Hoffe kein Wörtchen
  Groß oder klein;
Eh du mir sagest
  Ja oder nein!

Wochen vergingen
  Monden beinah --
Und doch nicht hör' ich
  Nicht nein, nicht ja!

Alle mein Sehnen,
  Still wird es sein
Hör' ich ein ernstes
  Ja oder nein!

Lieben wird sterben,
  Sterben, ja, ja,
Höret man niemals
  Nein oder ja!

Note: the first line and title match this text by Georg Hesekiel.

Confirmed with Gesammelte Werke von August Kopisch, geordnet und herausgegeben von Freundes Hand, Dritter Band, Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1865, pages 204-205.


Text Authorship:

  • by August Kopisch (1799 - 1853), "Ja oder nein?", appears in Agrumi. Volksthümliche Poesien aus allen Mundarten Italiens und seiner Inseln gesammelt und übersetzt, no. 8 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Italian (Italiano) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

    [ None yet in the database ]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Yes or no?", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-29
Line count: 24
Word count: 82

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