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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Zweifelnder Wunsch
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Wenn Worte dir vom Rosenmunde wehen,
Bist du so schön! -- gesenkten Angesichts
Und still, bist du so schön! -- was soll ich flehen:
O rede mir!? o sage nichts!?

Drum laß mich zwischen beiden Himmeln schwanken,
Halb schweigend, sprechend halb, beglücke mich
Und flüstre mir, wie heimlich in Gedanken,
Das süße Wort: "Ich liebe dich!"

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   S. Hausegger 

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Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau’s sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [no year], page 241.


Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Fünftes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte [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 Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Oskar Dietrich (1888 - ?), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", published 1910 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Gerall , "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 2 ([Zwei] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Edm. Stoll [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Willem de Haan (1849 - 1930), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 28 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Siegmund von Hausegger (1872 - 1948), "Zweifelnder Wunsch" [ tenor and piano ], from Lieder der Liebe nach Dichtungen von Nikolaus Lenau für Tenor und Pianoforte, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 38 no. 4, published 1878 [ low voice and piano ], from Lieder der Sehnsucht, no. 4, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georg Keller , "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 1, published 1879 [ high voice and piano ], Köln, P.J. Tonger [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Paul Kubin , "Zweifelnder Wunsch", published 1885 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Reichenberg, Schöpfer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl R. von Lambort , "Zweifelnder Wunsch ", published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Wien, Rättig [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 36 no. 6 (1923) [ voice and chamber orchestra ], from Elegie: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Nikolaus Lenau und Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 6, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Bernhard Ernst Scholz (1835 - 1916), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 44 (Fünf Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1879 [ low voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alwin Schutzer , "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 26 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 22 (Six Love-songs ("Liebeslieder")) no. 3 (1908) [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Zweifelnder Wunsch ", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 tiefere Singst und Pianoforte, no. 1, Mannheim, Heckel [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Vacillating wish", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 55

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