by Johann Peter Eckermann (1792 - 1854)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Verloren
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Ich hatt' ein Täubchen
So lieb! so schön!
Ich mußt' es immer
Und immer sehn;
 
  War mir das Liebste
Der ganzen Welt,
Hätt's nicht gelassen
Um alles Geld.
 
  Das hab' ich verloren
Und such' es nun,
Und kann nicht bleiben,
Und kann nicht ruhn;
 
  Ich such's im Felde,
Ich such's im Hain,
Und find' es nimmer,
Und kehr' allein,
 
  Und [sehe]1 mit Thränen
Zur Ferne hinaus:
Es ist verloren!
Es bleibet aus!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Hensel 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von J.P. Eckermann, Hannover: [no publisher, funded by subscription], 1821, pages 45-46

1 Hensel: "seh'"

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Word count: 74

Lost
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
  I had a little dove
So dear! so lovely!
I wanted to look upon it
Always and always;
 
  It was the dearest thing
In the whole world to me,
I would not have let it go
For all the money in the world.
 
  That [dove] I have lost,
And I seek it now,
And cannot remain anywhere,
And cannot rest;
 
  I seek it in the field,
I seek it in the grove,
I never find it,
And return alone,
 
  And with tears I look
Out into the distance:
It is lost!
It remains away!

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 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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This text was added to the website: 2016-09-29
Line count: 20
Word count: 95