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by Wilhelm Ritter von Hertz, Dr. (1835 - 1902)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Und willst du von mir scheiden
Language: German (Deutsch)
[Und willst du]1 von mir scheiden, [Mein herzgeliebter Knab',]2 Soll Alles Dich begleiten, Was [ich von Freuden hab'.]3 Mir bleibt, wenn du geschieden, Mein traurig Herz allein; Fahr' hin, [mein Lieb,]4 in Frieden! Mein Engel hüte dein! Ihm ward zur [Hut]5 gegeben Mein Glück und meine Ruh'; Ach, Glück und Ruh' [und]6 Leben, Herzlieb, das [bist]7 ja du! Und bist [mir du]8 geschieden, Flieht auch der Engel mein; Fahr' hin, [mein Lieb,]4 in Frieden! Mein Engel hüte dein! O [daß]9 er dir verschwiege, Was dich betrüben mag, Wie ich verlassen liege In Sehnsucht Nacht und Tag! Mein Bild soll mit dir gehen Im alten Freudenschein; Fahr' hin, auf Wiedersehen! Mein Engel hüte dein!
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• F. Abt • A. Jensen • W. Kienzl • M. Reger • J. Rheinberger • M. WurmAbout the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Wilhelm Hertz, Gedichte, Hamburg: Hofmann und Campe, 1859, pages 47-48.
1 Breu: "Wenn du willst"; Leavitt: "Und musst du"; Rheinberger: "So willst du"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Abt: "muß ich verlassen sein,"
3 Abt: "je an Freuden mein."
4 Abt: "fahr' hin"
5 Wurm: "Hand"
6 Reger, Wurm: "im"
7 Kienzel, wurm: "ist" [this needs to be double-checked
8 Abt, Kienzl, Wurm: "du mir"
9 Jensen: "da"
Note: the poem is preceded by the following:
Daz iuwer min engel walte!
Alter Gruß.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Ritter von Hertz, Dr. (1835 - 1902), "Mein Engel hüte dein", appears in Gedichte, in Lyrisches , first published 1859 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Mein Engel hüte dein!", op. 164 (4 Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1859 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Böie (1822 - 1900), "Mein Engel, hüte dein", op. 25 (12 Lieder für tiefere Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 8, published 1862 [ low voice and piano ], Hamburg, Fr. Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Simon Breu (1858 - 1933), "Mein Engel hüte Dein", op. 33 (Zwei Lieder im Volkston für Männerchor) no. 2, published 1894 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charlotte von Bülow (1817 - 1908), "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Klaviers) no. 3, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Clara Faisst (1872 - 1948), "Altdeutsches Lied", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Mannheim, Heckel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 106 (5 Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1869 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Hille (1822 - 1891), "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 45 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig. Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Mein Engel hüte dein!", op. 14 (6 Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1864 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Maria Kappel von Savenau (1837 - 1916), "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1879 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Mein Engel hüte dein!" [ voice and piano ], published in Musik-Mappe, 1905; may have been first published earlier [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Kretschmer , "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Richter & Hopf. [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Leavitt , "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Adolf Lorenz, Dr. (1837 - 1923), "Daz iuwer min engel walte!", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston II. Sammlung: moderne Preislieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Daz iuwer min engel walte!", op. 76 (Schlichte Weisen) no. 2 (1903-4) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 55 no. 4 (1864), published 1871 [ soprano and piano ], from Liebesleben. Ein Cyclus von 8 Liedern, no. 4, Leipzig, Forberg [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alfred Richter (1846 - 1919), "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor), Heft 2 no. 5, published 1877 [ mixed chorus ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter (1808 - 1879), "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 55 (Sieben Gesänge) no. 3, published 1881 [ mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Rosenfeld (1849 - 1909), "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 11 no. 3, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Heimathsklänge. Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Hamburg, Thiemer [sung text not yet checked]
- by F. W. Rühl , "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 20 no. 3 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Schmidt (1839 - 1920), "Mein Engel hüte dein ", op. 7 (Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jules de Swert (1843 - 1891), "Und willst du von mir scheiden", op. 31 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 36 (Drei Mädchenlieder) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Und willst du von mir scheiden", op. 91 (Dreissig Lieder und Gesänge) no. 2, published 1885 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Schuberth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Witt (1819 - 1890), "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 36, published 1881 [ men's chorus ], Berlin, Bahn ; the first of two settings [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Witt (1819 - 1890), "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 43, published 1884 [ men's chorus ], Berlin, Bahn ; the second of two settings [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary Wurm (1860 - 1938), "Mein Engel hüte dein", op. 25 (Neun Lieder) no. 1, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Georg Plothow [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Florence Z. Marshall) , "Good angels watch o'er thee"
- ENG English [singable] (Edward Oxenford) , "My angel shall guard you!"
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Et si tu veux te séparer de moi", copyright © 2012, (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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 113
And if you wish to part from me
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
[And if you wish]1 to part from me, [My dearly beloved lad,]2 Everything is to accompany you, [Everything that I have of joys]3. To me remains, when you have gone, My sad heart alone; Farewell, [my love]4, in peace! May my angel watch over you! [Into my angel's protection]5 was given My happiness and my peace; Ah, happiness and peace [and]6 life, Beloved, that is you! And if you have parted from me, My angel also departs; Farewell, [my love]4, in peace! May my angel watch over you! Oh [may my angel keep]7 from you Whatever may make you sad, How, forsaken, I lie In yearning night and day! My image shall accompany you In the old happy radiance; Farewell, good-bye! May my angel watch over you!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Translations of title(s):
"Altdeutsches Lied" = "Old German song"
"Daz iuwer min engel walte!" = "May my angel watch over you!"
"Mein Engel hüte dein" = "May my angel watch over you!"
"Und willst du von mir scheiden" = "And if you wish to part from me"
2 Abt: "I must be forsaken"
3 Abt: "Whatever joys were mine"
4 Abt: "farewell"
5 Wurm: "Into my angel's hand was given"
6 Reger, Wurm: "in"
7 Jensen: "since my angel keeps"
Note: the poem is preceded by the following:
May my angel watch over you!
Old greeting.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2021 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Ritter von Hertz, Dr. (1835 - 1902), "Mein Engel hüte dein", appears in Gedichte, in Lyrisches , first published 1859
This text was added to the website: 2021-07-03
Line count: 24
Word count: 127