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Warum folgt er mir nur, Dieser schreckliche Mann, Warum lächelt er so, Warum sieht er mich an, Warum zuckt es so oft In dem bleichen Gesicht, Warum liebt er mich so, Warum sagt er es nicht? Warum findet mich stets Sein dämonischer Blick. Warum kann ich nicht fliehn! Warum schau ich zurück? Weil ein Zauber mich bannt, Weil die Kraft mir gebricht. Warum liebt er mich so, Warum sagt er es nicht?
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Text Authorship:
- by Emma von Schultz (1844 - 1882) [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 Albert Felix, Graf Amadei (1851 - 1894), "Warum?", op. 4 (Drei Gesänge für Alt (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Wien, Gotthard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tekla Griebel (1866 - 1940), "Warum?" [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolph, Freiherr von Procházka (1864 - 1936), "Frage", op. 10 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1895 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elisabeth Schultz (1846 - 1926), as E. Adaïewsky, "Warum sagt er es nicht?", op. 3 (Lieder und Duette = Песни и дуэты (Pesni i duety)) no. 1 (1864), published 1872?3 [ voice and piano ], St. Petersburg : Büttner, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Pyotr Ivanovich Kalashnikov (1828 - 1897) ; composed by Elisabeth Schultz, as E. Adaïewsky.
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-08-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 72
Why ever does he follow me, This horrible man, Why does he smile thus, Why does he look at me, Why is there so often a twitching In his pale visage, Why does he love me so, Why does he not say it? Why does his demonic gaze Always settle on me? Why can I not flee! Why do I look back? Because I am caught in an enchantment, Because I lack the strength. Why does he love me so, Why does he not say it?
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Translated titles:"Warum sagt er es nicht?" = "Why does he not say it?"
"Warum?" = "Why?"
"Frage" = "Question"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emma von Schultz (1844 - 1882)
This text was added to the website: 2015-09-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 86