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by Christian Felix Weisse (1726 - 1804)

Die Schamröte
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Was heißt das Rot, das mein Gesicht
auf einmal überzieht?
Frei aufzusehen wag' ich nicht,
und meine Wange glüht!

Vielleicht bin ich itzt in Gefahr,
was Böses zu begeh'n,
und mein Gewissen nimmt es wahr
und warnt, mich vorzuseh'n.

Die Warnung fordert Wachsamkeit!
Ich folg' ihr, weil ich kann,
und bin in meiner Seel' erfreut,
wenn ich noch helfen kann.

O Farbe meiner Unschuld, blüh',
blüh' und verwelke nicht!
Die Lust zur Sünde wische nie
dich mir vom Angesicht!

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Felix Weisse (1726 - 1804) [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 Johann Adam Hiller (1728 - 1804), "Die Schamröte", published 1769 [ voice and piano or harpsichord ], from Lieder für Kinder, no. 58, Leipzig: Weidmanns Erben und Reich [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 79

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