sometimes misattributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) and by Marianne von Willemer (1784 - 1860)
Wie mit innigstem Behagen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wie mit innigstem Behagen, Lied, empfind' ich deinen Sinn! Liebevoll du scheinst zu sagen: Daß ich ihm zur Seite bin; Daß er ewig mein gedenket, Seiner Liebe Seligkeit, Immerdar der Fernen schenket, Die ein Leben ihm geweiht. Ja, mein Herz es ist der Spiegel, Freund, worin du dich erblickt; Diese Brust, wo deine Siegel Kuß auf Kuß hereingedrückt. Süßes Dichten, lautre Wahrheit, Fesselt mich in Sympathie! Rein verkörpert Liebesklarheit Im Gewand der Poesie.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Goethes Poetische Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe Zweiter Band. West-östlicher Divan, Epen. Maximen und Reflexionen, Stuttgart: J. G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, pages 114-115. The attribution to Willemer appears on page 868.
Text Authorship:
- sometimes misattributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- by Marianne von Willemer (1784 - 1860), "Suleika", appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 8. Buch Suleika -- Suleika Nameh [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 Louis Ehlert (1825 - 1884), "West-östlich", op. 16 no. 5, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Lieder aus dem Morgenland, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Suleika", H-U 210 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Volker David Kirchner (b. 1942), "Suleika", 1985, first performed 1988 [ medium voice, horn, violin, violoncello, and piano ], from Drei Lieder nach Texten aus "West-östlicher Divan", no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Raoul Koczalski (1884 - 1948), "Wie mit innigstem Behagen", op. 121 no. 7 (1936), from Aus dem west-östichen Divan von Goethe. 21 Gedichte vertont als Gesäng und Duette für Sopran und Bariton, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), "Suleika", 1838 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Walther Prokop (b. 1946), "Wie mit innigstem Behagen", from 12 Poems from the West-Eastern Divan, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Lied der Suleika", op. 25 no. 9 (1840), published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Myrten, no. 9, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Marta Garcia Cadena) , "Amb el plaer més íntim", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lied van Suleika", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "As with the most intimate pleasure", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de Suleika", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canzone di Suleika", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Carlo Vitali , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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