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Ich schnitt' es gern in alle Rinden ein,
Ich grüb' es gern in jeden Kieselstein,
Ich möcht' es sä'n auf jedes frische Beet
Mit Kressensamen, der es schnell verräth,
Auf jeden weißen Zettel möcht' ich's schreiben:
Dein ist mein Herz, und soll es ewig bleiben.
Ich möcht' mir ziehen einen jungen Staar,
Bis daß er spräch' die Worte rein und klar,
Bis er sie spräch' mit meines Mundes Klang,
Mit meines Herzens vollem, heißem Drang;
Dann säng' er hell durch ihre Fensterscheiben:
Dein ist mein Herz, und soll es ewig bleiben.
...
Ich meint', es müßt' in meinen Augen stehn,
Auf meinen Wangen müßt' man's brennen sehn,
Zu lesen wär's auf meinem stummen Mund,
Ein jeder Athemzug gäb's laut ihr kund;
Und sie merkt nichts von all' dem bangen Treiben:
Dein ist mein Herz, und soll es ewig bleiben.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.
Published also in Frauentaschenbuch für das Jahr 1821 von de la Motte Fouqué. Nürnberg bei Joh. Leonh. Schrag, pages 401-402.
See also this text by G. T. that either quotes or plagiarizes the first stanza.
Composition:
- Set to music by Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Ungeduld", op. 94 no. 4, stanzas 1-2,4
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Ungeduld", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 9, first published 1821
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Impaciència", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ongeduld", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Impatience", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Impatience", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kärsimättömyyttä", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Impatience", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , "Η ανυπομονησία", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) [singable] (Shula Keller) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Impazienza", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "초조", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Caê Vieira) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Eu queria entalhar em todos os troncos,
Eu queria gravar em todas as pedrinhas,
Eu queria semear em todos os campos,
Sementes de agrião, que florescem rapidamente,
Eu gostaria de escrever em todas as folhas de papel em branco:
Teu é o meu coração e o será para sempre.
Eu gostaria de educar uma estrela jovem,
Até que ela falasse palavras fluentemente,
Até que ela falasse à minha amada com o som da minha voz,
Com todo o ímpeto quente do meu coração;
Então a estrela cantaria claramente através da janela dela:
Teu é o meu coração e o será para sempre.
...
Eu penso que isso deveria estar em meus olhos,
Isso deveria ser perceptível queimando nas minhas faces,
Deveria estar legível em meus lábios silentes
E ser proclamado em cada respiração,
Mas ela não percebe nada do meu desejo ansioso:
Teu é o meu coração e o será para sempre.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Portuguese (Português) copyright © 2019 by Caê Vieira, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Ungeduld", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 9, first published 1821
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