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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Warum ziehst du mich unwiderstehlich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Warum ziehst du mich unwiderstehlich,
Ach, in jene Pracht?
War ich guter Junge nicht so selig
In der öden Nacht?

Heimlich in mein Zimmerchen verschlossen,
Lag im Mondenschein,
Ganz von seinem Schauerlicht umflossen,
Und ich dämmert' ein;

Träumte da von vollen goldnen Stunden
Ungemischter Lust,
Hatte [schon]1 dein liebes Bild empfunden
Tief in meiner Brust.

Bin ichs noch, den du bei so viel Lichtern
An dem Spieltisch hältst?
Oft so unerträglichen Gesichtern
Gegenüber stellst?

Reizender ist mir des Frühlings Blüte
Nun nicht auf der Flur:
Wo du, Engel, bist, ist Lieb' und Güte,
Wo du bist, Natur.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   P. Wolfrum 

P. Wolfrum sets stanzas 1-3, 5

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Confirmed with Goethes sämmtliche Werke in sechsunddreißig Bänden, Zwölfter Band, Stuttgart, 1868.

1 Wolfrum: "ganz"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "An Belinden", written 1775 [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 Philipp Christoph Kayser (1755 - 1823), "An Belinden", published 1777 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Am Belinden" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Am Belinden", published 1794 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Am Belinden", published 1809 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Philip Wolfrum (1854 - 1919), "An Belinden", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder von Goethe für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte. 4. Heft der Lieder und Gesänge) no. 3, published 1884, stanzas 1-3,5 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À Bélinda", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 98

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