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Was zu allem Thun Mir die Lust verleidet, Was voll Unmuth mich Hin und wieder treibet, Ach, ich weiß es nicht! Was in Nächten mir Allen Schlummer scheuchet, Was die Röthe mir Von den Wangen bleichet, Ach, ich weiß es nicht! Ob es anders wär', Könnt ich sie noch sehen, Ob es anders wär', Könnt' ich bei ihr stehen, Ach, ich weiß es nicht! Ob die Ruhe je Sich im Busen mehret, [Und]1 die Röthe mir Zu den Wangen kehret, Ach, ich weiß es nicht!
Confirmed with Gedichte von J.P. Eckermannn, Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus, 1838, pages 33-34
1 Hensel: "Ob"Text Authorship:
- by Johann Peter Eckermann (1792 - 1854), "Der Liebe Leiden", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder [author's text checked 2 times 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 Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Der Liebe Leiden", H-U 134 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Der Liebe Leiden", published 1826 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Der Liebe Leiden", op. 144 (Vier deutsche Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor)) no. 3, published 1849 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The sufferings of love", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2005-11-04
Line count: 20
Word count: 86
What blights my joy In all activity, What, full of ill temper, Drives me hither and yon, Ah, I know not! What chases from me All slumber in the nights, What bleaches The redness from my cheeks, Ah, I know not! Whether it would be different If I could still see her, Whether it would be different If I could stand beside her, Ah, I know not! Whether peace shall ever Increase within my bosom, And whether the redness Shall return to my cheek, Ah, I know not!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Peter Eckermann (1792 - 1854), "Der Liebe Leiden", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder
This text was added to the website: 2016-07-29
Line count: 20
Word count: 88