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sometimes misattributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) and by Marianne von Willemer (1784 - 1860)

Suleika
 (Sung text for setting by B. Arnim)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA SPA
Was bedeutet die Bewegung?
Bringt der Ost mir frohe Kunde?
Seiner Schwingen leise Regung
Kühlt des Herzens tiefe Wunde.

Kosend spielt er mit dem Staube,
Jagt ihn auf in leichten Wölkchen,
Treibt zur sichern Rosenlaube
Der Insecten frohes Völkchen.

Lindert sanft der Sonne Gluten,
Kühlt auch mir die heißen Wangen,
Küßt die Reben noch im Flug,
Die an Busch und Hügel prangen.

Und mir bringt sein leises Flüstern
Von dem Freunde tausend Grüße;
Eh noch diese Hügel düstern
Grüßen mich wohl tausend Küsse.

Und so kannst du weiter ziehen!
Diene Freunden und Betrübten.
Dort wo hohe Mauern glühen,
Find' ich bald den Vielgeliebten.

Ach, die wahre Herzenskunde,
Liebeshauch, verklärtes Leben
Wird mir nur aus seinem Munde,
Kann mir nur sein Athem geben.

Note: Marianne von Willemer's poem Ostwind was published anonymously with the title Suleika as part of Goethe's West-östlicher Divan, Buch Suleika - Suleika Nameh, with a few textual revisions by Goethe.

Composition:

    Set to music by Bettina von Arnim, née Brentano (1785 - 1859), "Suleika"

Text Authorship:

  • sometimes misattributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
  • by Marianne von Willemer (1784 - 1860), title 1: "Suleika", title 2: "Ostwind", written 1815, first published 1819

See other settings of this text.

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Suleika I: Wat betekent de beweging?", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Richard Morris) , "Suleika", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Daria Siekhaus) , "Suleika", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Suleika", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Questo agitarsi cosa vuol dire?", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (César Vallejo López) , "Suleika", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 139

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