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by Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway (1826 - 1872)
Translation by Gottfried von Leinburg (1825 - 1893)

Fragen
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Swedish (Svenska) 
Ach, warum mit Lust und Bangen
leb' und web' ich so in dir?
Du Geliebter, warum hangen
deine Blicke so an mir?

[Frage]1 den Stern des Tags, den prächt'gen,
und warum er Feuer sprüht,
und warum nach dieser nächt'gen
Erde seine Sehnsucht glüht!

[Frage]1 das Meer, warum so helle
abends es in Purpur steht,
wenn die Sonn' in seiner Welle
selig lächelnd untergeht!

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•   E. Breslaur 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Carl XV. König von Schweden und Norwegen, übersetzt von Gottfried von Leinburg, Berlin, no date

1 Breslaur: "Frag'"

Text Authorship:

  • by Gottfried von Leinburg (1825 - 1893), "Fragen" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway (1826 - 1872) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Emil Breslaur (1836 - 1899), "Fragen", op. 21 no. 1, published 1878 [ four-part mixed chorus ], from Sieben Lieder, gedichtet von Carl XV. und Oscar II., Könige von Schweden, für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor, no. 1, München : Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2025-01-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

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