Lebewohl (Hugo Distler)

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• (Posted 2022-07-27)  CPDL #70167:         

Editor: Charles Pearson (submitted 2022-07-27).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 356 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Contains text in German and English (Eng. by editor)

General Information

Title: Lebewohl
Composer: Hugo Distler
Lyricist: Eduard Mörike
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSA.TB divisi
Genre: Secular, Lied

Language: German
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1939
Description: Short Lied for double choir (men's and women's)

Original text and translations

German text „Lebe wohl!" —Du fühlest nicht, Was es heißt, dies Wort der Schmerzen; Mit getrostem Angesicht Sagtest du's und mit leichtem Herzen. „Lebewohl!" —Ach tausendmal Hab' ich mir es vorgesprochen, Und in nimmersatter Qual Mir das Herz damit gebrochen.

English translation “So, farewell!” —You do not sense what it means, these words of sorrow. Your sweet face bore confidence, when you spoke, you spoke with a light heart. “So, farewell!” —A thousand times silently these words I’ve spoken, and in never-ending pain, for each time my heart is broken.