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Die Liebe, sagt man, steht am Pfahl gebunden, Geht endlich arm, zerrüttet, unbeschuht; Dieß edle Haupt hat nicht mehr, wo es ruht, Mit Thränen netzet sie der Füße Wunden. Ach, Peregrinen hab' ich so gefunden! Schön war ihr Wahnsinn, ihrer Wange Gluth, Noch scherzend in der Frühlingsstürme Wuth, Und wilde Kränze in das Haar gewunden. War's möglich, solche Schönheit zu verlassen? -- So kehrt nur reizender das alte Glück! O komm, in diese Arme dich zu fassen! Doch weh! o weh! was soll mir dieser Blick? Sie küsst mich zwischen Lieben noch und Hassen, Sie kehrt sich ab, und kehrt mir nie zurück.
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Confirmed with Mörike, Eduard Friedrich. Gesammelte Schriften, Erster Band, G. J. Göschen'sche Verlagshandlung, 1878, page 137.
Text Authorship:
- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), no title, appears in Peregrina (originally from the novel Maler Nolten), no. 5 [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 Ralf Gothóni (b. 1946), "Die Liebe, sagt man, steht am Pfahl gebunden", first performed 2004 [ medium voice, viola, and piano ], from Peregrina-Gedichte, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Die Liebe, sagt man, steht am Pfahl gebunden", op. 32 no. 5, published 1878 [ low voice and piano ], from Peregrina-Lieder, no. 5, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Peregrina V", 1904, published 1912 [ tenor and piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, II. Folge, Nr.13 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walther Prokop (b. 1946), "Die Liebe, sagt man, steht am Pfahle gebunden", 2003 [ baritone and piano ], from Peregrina, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Rauchbauer (b. 1958), "Peregrina", 1987, from Fünf Gesänge nach Gedichten von Eduard Mörike, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Peregrina", op. 15 (Sechs Lieder für mittlere und höhere Stimme und Klavier) no. 6 (1908) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wolfgang Ulrich (1924 - 1995), "Peregrina V", 1982 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Palmer) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 102
They say that love is bound to the stake, goes poor at last, in disarray, unshod; this noble head no longer has a resting-place, moistening the wounded feet with its tears. Oh, I found Peregrina in just this state! Lovely in her madness, a glow on her cheeks, still jesting in the raging storms of spring, with tangled garlands woven in her hair. Could anyone relinquish such beauty? -- the old bliss will revive all the more temptingly! Oh come and let these arms enfold you! But oh, alas! how should I read this look? She kisses me between loving and hating, she turns away and will never return to me.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), no title, appears in Peregrina (originally from the novel Maler Nolten), no. 5
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-15
Line count: 14
Word count: 110