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by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Translation by Friedrich Ludwig (Wilhelm) Meyer (1759 - 1840)

Die Boten
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
Berget euch im Hauch der Winde,
Meine Seufzer, fächelt linde
Der Geliebten Angesicht.

Eilt das Bächlein anzuschwellen,
Meine Thränene, das die Wellen
An der Spröden Wohnung bricht! 

Sagt ihr dann mit leisem Sehnen:
Wir sind Seufzer!  Wir sind Thränen!
Doch dass sie nicht ab sich wendet,
Wer euch sendet,
Wer euch sendet, sagt ihr nicht!

Confirmed with Musenalmanach für das Jahr 1796, Neu Strelitz: Michaelis, 1796, page 123.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Ludwig (Wilhelm) Meyer (1759 - 1840), "Die Boten" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio [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 Gottlob Bachmann (1763 - 1840), "Die Boten", op. 39 no. 2 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Peters [ sung text verified 1 time]
  • by Johann Christoph Kienlen (1783 - 1829), "Die Boten", published 1810. [ sung text not verified ]

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This text was added to the website: 2017-11-23
Line count: 11
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