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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Wer lieben will, muß leiden

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Wer lieben will, muß leiden;
Ohn' Leiden liebt man nicht,
Drum bin ich ein armes Mädchen,
Kein' Mensch' hab' ich jetzt mehr.

Jetzt geh ich auf den Kirchhof,
Auf meiner Mutter Grab,
Und tu so bitterlich weinen,
Bis sie mir Antwort gab.

Und durch die Allmacht Gottes
Gab sie mir gleich Antwort.
Drei Wörtlein tut sie sprechen
Aus ihrer kühlen Gruft:

Ach, Tochter, liebe Tochter,
Erwarte nur die Zeit.
Der Tod wird dich schon holen
Für in die Ewigkeit.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , collected by Curt Mündel in Elsässische Volkslieder [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Wer lieben will, muß leiden", op. 49 (Acht Lieder) no. 7 (1901), published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Qui vol estimar ha de sofrir", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Those who wish to love, must suffer", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Qui veut aimer doit souffrir", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 79

Qui veut aimer doit souffrir

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Qui veut aimer doit souffrir,
Sans peines, sans peines, on n'aime pas,
C'est pourquoi je suis une pauvre fille,
Aujourd'hui je n'ai plus d'homme.

Je vais aujourd'hui au cimetière,
Sur la tombe de ma mère,
Et j'y pleure amèrement,
Jusqu'à ce qu'elle donne une réponse

Et grâce à l'omnipotence de Dieu
Elle me donna aussitôt sa réponse.
Elle dit trois mots,
Du fond de sa froide tombe :

Hélas ma fille, ma chère fille,
Laisse juste passer le temps,
La mort viendra bien te chercher
Pour l'éternité.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Pierre Mathé, (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) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , collected by Curt Mündel in Elsässische Volkslieder
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 86