Songs

O die Frauen, o die Frauen

by Johannes Brahms From Liebeslieder-Walzer (1869) Op. 52

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O die Frauen, o die Frauen
German source: Georg Friedrich Daumer

O die Frauen, o die Frauen,
Wie sie Wonne tauen!
Wäre lang ein Mönch geworden,
Wären nicht die Frauen!

O women, o women
English translation © Richard Stokes

O women, o women,
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.

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