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by Ernst Otto Konrad Zitelmann (1852 - 1923), as Konrad Telmann

Sie sagen, es sei Sünde
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Sie sagen, es sei Sünde,
Daß ich Dich lieben muss,
Und sündig sei mein Herzschlag
Und sündig sei mein Kuss.

Vor all' den strengen Richtern
Senk' ich mein Angesicht,
Wie könnt' ich frei mich sprechen,
Doch Eines fass' ich nicht:

Wenn, was ich heiss empfinde,
Nur dunkle Höllenmacht,
Warum die sünd'ge Liebe
So fromm das Herz mir macht;

Warum ich betend sinke
Andächtig auf meine Knie',
Gott und die Menschen liebe,
So rein, so warm, wie nie. 

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Neue literarische Blätter, zweiter Jahrgang, issue no. 1, ed. by Franziskus Hähnel, Bremen: Gustav Winter, 1893. Appears in Sündige Liebe, poem no. 2, page 7.


Text Authorship:

  • by Ernst Otto Konrad Zitelmann (1852 - 1923), as Konrad Telmann, no title [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 Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Sündige Liebe", op. 61 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge) no. 2, published 1905 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, C. F. Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-03-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 77

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