Ich fahr' dahin, weil es muß seyn
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ich fahr' dahin, [weil es muß seyn]1, Ich [trenn']2 mich von der Liebsten mein, [Zuletzt laß']3 ich ihr's Herze mein, [Dieweil ich scheid', so soll es seyn!]4 Ich fahr' dahin!
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View original text (without footnotes)Copied from Rosen und Dornen : Gedichte : neue Folge, Friedrich Carl Metzger. Dillingen, 1846.
1 Mengelberg: "wenn es muß sein"
2 Mengelberg: "scheid"
3 Mengelberg: "Zur Letzt lass'
4 Mengelberg: "Ich aber leb'. So muß es sein."
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Altes Minnelied" [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 (Kurt) Rudolf Mengelberg (1892 - 1959), "Ich fahr dahin", op. 6 no. 2, published 1921 [voice and piano], from Lieder des Abschieds, no. 2, Wien, Leipzig: Universal-Edition ; note: the score indicates that the text is from Des Knaben Wunderhorn [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Altes Minnelied" [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
Set in a modified version by Johannes Brahms, Eduard Lassen.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-18
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Word count: 30