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by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm

Eins möcht ich sein
 (Sung text for setting by T. Leschetizky)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
   Eins möcht' ich sein!
Auf Deines Lebens dunkler Fluth
Der Strahl, der zitternd auf ihr ruht,
   Vom Mondenschein!

   Eins möcht' ich sein!
In Deines Lebens Wüstensand
Der Born, an dessen Schattenrand
   Du schlummerst ein!

 ... 

   Eins möcht' ich sein!
Wenn todte Stille Dich umringt,
Das Vöglein, das Dir Hoffnung singt,
   In's Herz hinein!

   O laß mich sein!
Im Jugendflor und grauem Haar.
Eins lass mich bleiben immerdar:
   Dein, ewig Dein.

Confirmed with Friedrich Halm's (Eligius Freiherrn von Münch-Bellinghausen) Werke, Siebenter Band, Neue Gedichte, Wien: Druck und Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1864, pages 42-43.

Composition:

    Set to music by Theodor Leschetizky (1830 - 1915), "Eins möcht ich sein", op. 30 (Drei Lieder von F. Halm für eine tiefe Stimme) no. 1, published 1884, stanzas 1,2,4,5 [ low voice and piano ], Wien: bey Gustav Levy

Text Authorship:

  • by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm, "Eins möcht' ich sein!", appears in Neue Gedichte, in Lieder der Liebe, no. 2

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "One thing I wish to be", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-04-15
Line count: 20
Word count: 93

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