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Er: Gut'n Abend, gut'n Abend, mein tausiger Schatz, Ich sag' dir guten Abend; Komm' du zu mir, ich komme zu dir, Du sollst mir Antwort geben, mein Engel! Sie: Ich kommen zu dir, du kommen zu mir? Das wär' mir gar keine Ehre; Du gehst von mir zu andern Jungfraun, [Das hab' ich wohl vernommen, mein Engel!]1 Er: Ach nein, mein Schatz, und glaub' es nur nicht, Was falsche Zungen reden, Es geben so viele gottlosige Leut', Die dir und mir nichts gönnen, mein Engel! Sie: Und gibt es so viele gottlosige Leut', Die dir und mir nichts gönnen, So solltest du selber bewahren die Treu' Und machen zu Schanden ihr Reden, mein Engel! Er: Leb' wohl, mein Schatz, ich hör' es wohl, Du hast einen Anderen lieber, So will ich meiner Wege geh'n, Gott möge dich wohl behüten, mein Engel! Sie: Ach nein, ich hab' kein' Anderen lieb, Ich glaub' nicht gottlosigen Leuten, Komm' du zu mir, ich komme zu dir, Wir bleiben uns beide getreue, mein Engel!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 in the WoO version, this is "Das kann ich an dir wohl spüren, mein Engel!" (...that I can well sense, my angel!)
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , text from Deutsche Volkslieder mit ihren Original-Weisen, Berlin, first published 1838-40 [author's text not yet checked 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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Spannung", op. 84 (Fünf Romanzen und Lieder) no. 5 (1877-9), published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Guten Abend", WoO. 32 no. 26 (1858), published 1926 [ voice and piano ], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 26, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Guten Abend", WoO. 33 no. 4, published [1894], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 4, Berlin, N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Gespannen verhouding", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Good evening, good evening, my wondrous treasure", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Bonsoir, mon très cher trésor", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Buona notte, buona notte....", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 163
He: Good evening, good evening, my wondrous1 treasure, I tell you, good evening; Come to me, and I will come to you. You must give me an answer, my angel! She: I come to you, and you come to me? In that there would be no honor for me; You go from me to other maidens: that I have heard frequently, my angel! He: But no, my treasure, don't believe what false tongues say: there are so many godless people out there who tolerate nothing between you and me, my angel! She: And if there are so many godless people out there who tolerate nothing between you and me, Then you should keep faithful and make them ashamed of their gossip, my angel! He: Farewell, my treasure, I understand you well: you prefer another man to me, so I will go on my way; May God protect you, my angel! She: Alas, no! I don't prefer anyone else! I won't believe those godless people. Come to me, and I will come to you; I know we'll remain true to each other, my angel!
1 Translator's note: I cannot find "tausig" in any dictionary, but it is sometimes translated "dear" in CD booklets. I found "phenomenal" used as a translation of the word in a book about Liszt (Reflections on Liszt by Alan Walker, Cornell University Press: 2005): "On the very day that Liszt had first accepted Tausig as his pupil, he had made a witty pun on Tausig's name, 'Das ist ein ganz tausiger Kerl' (He is a phenomenal fellow)." (p. 63) I decided to take the middle road with "wondrous".
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , text from Deutsche Volkslieder mit ihren Original-Weisen, Berlin, first published 1838-40
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 30
Word count: 177