O die Frauen, o die Frauen
German source:
Georg Friedrich Daumer
Wie sie Wonne tauen!
Wäre lang ein Mönch geworden,
Wären nicht die Frauen!
O women, o women
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
how they delight the heart!
I should have long since turned monk,
were it not for women!
Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
O die Frauen, o die Frauen
German source:
Georg Friedrich Daumer
O women, o women
English source:
Richard Stokes
O die Frauen, o die Frauen,
O women, o women,
Wie sie Wonne tauen!
how they delight the heart!
Wäre lang ein Mönch geworden,
I should have long since turned monk,
Wären nicht die Frauen!
were it not for women!
Composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna. Brahms has been considered, by his…
Poet
Georg Friedrich Daumer
Georg Friedrich Daumer was a German poet and philosopher.