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by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947)

Der Teufel soll die Sehnsucht holen!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Der Teufel soll die Sehnsucht holen!
Ich lieg' in einem Bett von Nesseln.
Auf einem Rost von glühenden Kohlen,
In einem Netz von ehrnen Fesseln!
Das Auge sehnt sich aus der Höhle,
Der Busen sehnt sich aus dem Mieder;
Ich wollt', es sehnte auch die Seele
Sich aus dem Leib und käm' nicht wieder!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Liebesreime, no. 9 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Johannes Driessler (1921 - 1998), "Der Teufel soll die Sehnsucht holen", op. 10/3 no. 2 [ high voice and piano ], from Liebesreime: 10 Variationen auf Texte von Ricarda Huch, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Der Teufel soll die Sehnsucht holen", op. 41 (6 Lieder für Alt (Sopran) und Klavier) no. 5 (1925) [ alto or soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 54

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