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by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly (1763 - 1842)
Translation by August von Kotzebue (1761 - 1819)

Selig, wer in einer Hütte
 (Sung text for setting by F. Himmel)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the French (Français) 
Selig, wer in einer Hütte
deiner Liebe nur sich weiht,
wo nach deiner Väter Sitte
herrscht die frohe G'nügsamkeit!
Könnt' ich, was des Zufalls Tücke
hämisch zwischen uns gestellt,
stürzen mit dem einz'gen Blicke,
o, so gäb' ich eine Welt!

Composition:

    Set to music by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765 - 1814), "Selig, wer in einer Hütte"

Text Authorship:

  • by August von Kotzebue (1761 - 1819), no title, appears in Fanchon das Leyermädchen - Vaudeville in drei Acten

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly (1763 - 1842), appears in Fanchon la Vielleuse [text unavailable]
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