Wechsel

Auf Kieseln im Bache da lieg' ich, wie helle!
Verbreite die Arme der kommenden Welle,
Und buhlerisch drückt sie die sehnende Brust;
Dann führt sie der Leichtsinn im Strome darnieder;
Es naht sich die zweite, sie streichelt mich wieder:
So fühl' ich die Freuden der wechselnden Lust.

Und doch, und so traurig, verschleifst du vergebens,
Die köstlichen Stunden des eilenden Lebens,
Weil dich das [geliebteste]1 Mädchen vergißt!
O [ruf]2 sie zurücke die vorigen Zeiten!
Es küßt sich so süße die Lippe der Zweiten,
Als kaum sich die Lippe der Ersten geküßt.

Translation(s): FRE

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¹ Fried: "liebste"
² Fried: "rufe"

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Authorship

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Wechsel" [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

• by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Wechsel", op. 11 (Junge Leiden : vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1876 [medium voice and piano], Berlin, Luckhardt [
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• by Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775 - 1864), "Wechsel", c1813/4. [
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• by Oskar Fried (1871 - 1941), "Wechsel", op. 8 no. 3 [vocal duet with piano], from Drei zweistimmige Gesänge in Kanonform, no. 3. [
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• by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Wechsel", op. 7 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, published 1866 [voice and piano], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [
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• by Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Wechsel", 1835, published 1837. [
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• by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Wechsel" [
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• by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Wechsel", published 1809. [
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Set in a modified version by Bernhard Theodor Breitkopf.

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• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Changement", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Changement

Je suis allongé sur les cailloux du ruisseau, ô combien clair !
Les bras écartés devant la vague qui avance,
Et qui impudique se presse contre ma poitrine avide.
Puis le courant emporte la frivole en aval ;
La suivante s'approche, elle me caresse aussi,
Alors je ressens le plaisir d'une volupté changeante.

Et pourtant, avec tristesse, tu effaces en vain
Les heures délicieuses d'une vie éphémère
Parce que la plus aimée des filles t'oublie.
Ô rappelle-les ces heures passées !
Les lèvres de la seconde s'embrassent avec autant de douceur
Que les lèvres de la première à peine embrassées. 

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Wechsel"
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): August Bungert, Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein, Oskar Fried, Emil Kauffmann, Johann Karl Gottfried Loewe, Arnold Mendelssohn, Johann Friedrich Reichardt. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2012-09-16 00:00:00.

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