Hugo Wolf (1860-1903):
Lebe Wohl
(No. 36 of the Mörike-Lieder)
(composed in 1888; first published in 1889)
Text: Eduard Friedrich Mörike
Original Key/Recorded Key: G-flat Major
Teach-Track begins: 1/2 m. before m. 1
(2 preparatory quarter-note beats added, to set tempo)
Accompaniment Track begins: same as teach-track
Pianist: Daniel Michalak
«Lebe wohl» - Du fühlest nicht,
?Farewell? ? You fear not,
Was es heißt, dies Wort der Schmerzen;
What it means, this word of pains;
Mit getrostem Angesicht
With confident face
Sagtest du's und leichtem Herzen.
Said you it with light heart.
Lebe wohl! - Ach tausendmal
Farewell! ? Ah, thousand times
Hab' ich mir es vorgesprochen
Have I to myself it spoken in anticipation
Und in nimmersatter Qual
And in unquenchable agony
Mir das Herz damit gebrochen!
Me the heart with it broken!