Liebessensucht

Umwallt vom Weben der Sommernacht, 
umflutet von heiligen Wellen 
der Liebe, die dich erblühen macht 
wie rauschende Frühlingsquellen. 
So wartet die Liebeskönigin !

Dein Herz soll satt sich trinken 
an ihrem Herz, und tief darin 
wird all dein Leid versinken, 
versinken, wie in dem ewigen Meer, 
das bei den Sternen brandet, 
wo eis', als wenn es ein Adler wär', 
der Sehnsucht Nachen landet.

Translation(s): ENG

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Authorship

• by H. Heidt [ 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 Philipp, Fürst zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld (1847 - 1921), "Liebessensucht" [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (John H. Campbell) , title 1: "Love-longing", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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Love‑longing

 Being enwreath'd in the summer-night,
 surrounded by the great ocean,
 makes the love that blooms in you
 like the rushing of the spring flood.
 So, the queen of love waits!
 
 Drink your heart to the fullest
 from its essence, and deep in it,
 all your sorrows will sink,
 sink, as in the eternal sea
 that on the starry shore,
 where, as if't were an eagle,
 resolutely lands the yearning craft.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by H. Heidt
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Philipp, Fürst zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld. Go to the text.

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.