Wenn all die Welt Ruhe hat, nur ich [alleine]1 schlafe nicht ein. Das kommt von einer schönen [Frau]2, der [möcht]3 ich lieb von Herzen sein. All meine Freude steht [an]4 ihr. Wie soll des Jammers werden Rat? Ich [werde daran]5 sterben. Warum liess Gott mir armen Mann zur Qual sie werden?
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Die Ernte aus acht Jahrhunderten deutscher Lyrik gesammelt von Will Vesper, Düsseldorf und Leipzig: W. Langewiesche-Brandt, Wachen und Wecken, 1906, page 7.
Note: this is a translation of the third stanza of the original.
2 Schreiber: "Fraue"
3 Courvoisier: "möchte"
4 Courvoisier: "bei"
5 Schreiber: "werd' d'ran"
Text Authorship:
- by Will Vesper (1882 - 1962), no title, first published 1906 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Mittelhochdeutsch by Dietmar von Aiste (flourished c1139 - before 1171)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Walter Courvoisier (1875 - 1931), "Wenn all die Welt Ruhe hat", op. 29 (Lieder auf alte deutsche Gedichte), Heft 3 (Weltliche Lieder) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolf Schreiber (1881 - 1920), "Minnelied" [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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