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by Franz (Seraphicus) Grillparzer (1791 - 1872)

Ich kann's nicht fassen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich kann's nicht fassen,
Mich selber nicht fassen,
   Alles zeigt mir und spricht mir nur ihn,
Den Wolken, den Winden
Möcht' ich's verkünden,
   Daß sie's verbreiten so weit sie nur ziehn!

Mir wird's zu enge
In dem Gedränge
   Fort auf den Söller, wie lastet das Haus;
Dort von den Stufen
Will ich es rufen
   In die schweigende Nacht hinaus.
 
Und naht der Treue,
Dem ich mich weihe,
   Künd ich ihm jubelnd das frohe Geschick,
An seinem Munde
Preis ich die Stunde,
   Preis ich die Liebe, preis ich das Glück.

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz (Seraphicus) Grillparzer (1791 - 1872), appears in Ahnfrau, Act I, verses 303-320 [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 Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Ich kann's nicht fassen", subtitle: "Scene aus Grillparzer's "Ahnfrau"", op. 8. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2008-03-15
Line count: 18
Word count: 89

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