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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Bist du manchmal auch verstimmt
 (Sung text for setting by F. Kiel)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Bist du manchmal auch verstimmt,
  Drück dich zärtlich an mein Herze,
Daß mirs fast den Atem nimmt,
  Streich und kneif in Liebesscherze,
Wie ein rechter Liebestor
  Lehn' ich sanft an dich die Wange,
Und du singst mir fein in's Ohr.
  Wohl im Hofe bei dem Klange
Katze miaut, Hund heult und bellt,
  Nachbar schimpft mit wilder Miene -
Doch was kümmert uns die Welt,
  Süße, traute Violine!

Composition:

    Set to music by Friedrich Kiel (1821 - 1885), "Bist du manchmal auch verstimmt", op. 31, Heft 2 no. 12, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis. Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 12, Berlin : Bote & Bock; reprinted in 1997 by Verlag Dohr, Köln.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Verzückte", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Wanderlieder, in Der wandernde Musikant, no. 4

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

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