Die Liebe wider Willen (Goethe, set by Bernhard Theodor Breitkopf) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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Die Liebe wider Willen

Language: German (Deutsch)


Ich weiß es wohl und spotte viel:
Ihr Mädchen seid voll Wankelmut!
Ihr liebet, wie im Kartenspiel,
Den David und den Alexander;
Sie sind ja Forcen miteinander,
Und die sind miteinander gut.

Doch bin ich elend wie zuvor,
Mit misanthropischem Gesicht,
Der Liebe Sklav, ein armer Tor!
Wie gern wär ich sie los, die Schmerzen!
Allein es sitzt zu tief im Herzen,
Und Spott vertreibt die Liebe nicht.

Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Authorship

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Die Liebe wider Willen" [ author's text not yet checked 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 Bernhard Theodor Breitkopf (1749 - 1820), "Die Liebe wider Willen", published 1770. [
text not verified
]

Text added to the website: 2004-08-11 00:00:00.

Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:09

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Word count: 68

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