Wenn ich kommen dich seh'

Wenn ich kommen dich seh' in das Antlitz dir schau,
welch ein Feuer ergießt in die Seele sich mir,
wenn du aufsiehst mein Lieb, so erbeb' ich erglüh,
und bewußtlos und stumm, bleib' ich stehen vor dir,
Wenn du aufsiehst zu mir so versagt mir der Laut.
Keine Antwort hab' ich auf dein Wort, deinen Gruß,
für dein Liebkosen, ach! und entzückende Lust,
hat auf Erden allhier keine Worte der Mensch
dies ist Leben, o Maid, dies ist Leben, mein Lieb,
will mein Lebtag hinfort leben so nur wie heut!

Submitted by Harry Joelson

Authorship

• Singable translation by August von Viedert [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

• a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842) [text unavailable] ENG
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein. Go to the text.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Wenn ich kommen dich seh'", op. 27 (Devjat' romansy = Neun Lieder von Kolzoff) no. 8, also set in Russian (Русский) [
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Settings in other languages or adaptations:

• Also set in Russian (Русский), original text by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842) , title unknown ENG GER by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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