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Oh weh des Scheidens

Language: German

Oh weh des Scheidens, das er tat,
da er mich ließ im Sehnen!
Oh weh des Bittens, wie er bat,
des Weinens seiner Tränen!

Er sprach zu mir: Dein Trauern laß!
Und schied doch selbst in Schmerzen.
Von seinen Tränen ward ich naß,
Daß kühl mir's ward im Herzen.


Authorship

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):
    * ENG English (David Kenneth Smith)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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