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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Wenn ich mir in stiller Seele
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG FRE
Wenn ich mir in stiller Seele
Singe leise Lieder vor:
Wie ich fühle, daß sie fehle,
Die ich einzig auserkohr;
Möcht' ich hoffen, daß sie sänge,
Was ich ihr so gern vertraut;
Ach! aus dieser Brust und Enge
Drängen frohe Lieder laut.

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•   F. Hensel 

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Confirmed with Goethe's poetische und prosaische Werke, Erster Band, Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, 1836, page 200.

Note (provided by Lau Kanen): Goethe dedicated ‘Wenn ich mir in stiller Seele’ to Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel in 1827.


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2008-06-25
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