by Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz (1796 - 1869)
Wunsch
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Wenig ist, was ich begehre, Und doch steht es mir so fern: Aus dem ganzen Sternenheere Einen einz'gen lieben Stern! Und was Himmel, Erd' und Meere Noch umfassen -- ließ ich gern! --
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Confirmed with J. Ch. Freiherrn von Zedlitz, Gedichte, Stuttgart and Tübingen: Verlag der J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1832, page 99.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz (1796 - 1869), "Wunsch", appears in Gedichte, in Romanzen, Balladen, Lieder [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Pauline von Decker (1811 - 1882), as Paul Friedrich Merxhausen, "Wunsch", published 1865? [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 5, Berlin: Verlag von Wilhelm Müller [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Wish", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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