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by Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway (1826 - 1872)
Translation by Gottfried von Leinburg (1825 - 1893)

Fragen
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Swedish (Svenska) 
Ach, warum mit Lust und Bangen
leb' und web' ich so in dir?
Du Geliebter, warum hangen
deine Blicke so an mir?

Frage den Stern des Tags, den prächt'gen,
und warum er Feuer sprüht,
und warum nach dieser nächt'gen
Erde seine Sehnsucht glüht!

Frage das Meer, warum so helle
abends es in Purpur steht,
wenn die Sonn' in seiner Welle
selig lächelnd untergeht!

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•   E. Breslaur 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Carl XV. König von Schweden und Norwegen, übersetzt von Gottfried von Leinburg, Berlin, no date


Text Authorship:

  • by Gottfried von Leinburg (1825 - 1893), "Fragen" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway (1826 - 1872) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Emil Breslaur (1836 - 1899), "Fragen", op. 21 no. 1, published 1878 [ four-part mixed chorus ], from Sieben Lieder, gedichtet von Carl XV. und Oscar II., Könige von Schweden, für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor, no. 1, München : Aibl [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2025-01-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

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