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Wohl schön bewandt War es vorehe Mit meinem Leben, Mit meiner Liebe; Durch eine Wand, Ja durch zehn Wände, Erkannte mich Des Freundes Sehe; Doch jetzo, wehe, Wenn ich dem Kalten Auch noch so dicht Vor'm Auge stehe, Es merkt's sein Auge, Sein Herze nicht.
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Confirmed with Georg Daumer, Polydora: ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch, volume 2, page 62.
Text Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Polish (Polski) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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 Brahms (1833 - 1897), no title, op. 52 no. 7 (1869), from Liebesliederwalzer, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pauline Kroger) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Quite fair and contented", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "J'étais joliment satisfaite", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2012, (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: 45
Quant'era bello un tempo ormai passato con la mia vita, con il mio bene amato; pure attraverso un muro, anche per dieci pareti, mi riconosceva sicuro con il suo sguardo amico. Ora, invece, ahimè, anche se sto vicino proprio davanti al freddo immobile suo sguardo, di nulla l'occhio si accorge e più non palpita il cuore.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Polydora, ein weltpoetisches Liederbuch
Based on:
- a text in Polish (Polski) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2012-03-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 56