Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.
It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.
If you wish to reprint translations, please use the Reprint Basket (upper right hand corner).
Reminder: You must always use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.
Alles, alles in den Wind sagst du mir, du Schmeichler! Alle samt verloren sind deine Müh'n, du Heuchler! Einem andern Fang' zu lieb stelle deine Falle! Denn du bist ein loser Dieb, denn du buhlst um alle!
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Polish (Polski) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), no title, op. 65 no. 11 (1875), published 1875 [ vocal quartet and piano four-hands or instrumental ensemble ], from Neue Liebeslieder, no. 11, Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "All, all is lost to the wind", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Tutto, tutto perduto nel vento", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Mimi Ezust
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 37
Charmer, all your words are trite: wind, or sly devices! Of your efforts, hypocrite, none at all suffices! Set for someone else your trap, try to make her fall! All you do is toy, old quack, toy with one and all!
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 by Robert Schall, (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.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch
Based on:
- a text in Polish (Polski) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2020-03-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 41
