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by Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803)

Selbstgespräch
 (Sung text for setting by L. Beethoven)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Ich, der mit flatterndem Sinn
Bisher ein Feind der Liebe bin,
Und es so gern beständig bliebe,
Ich! Ach! Ich glaube, daß ich liebe.

Der ich sonst Hymen angeschwärzt,
Und mit der Liebe nur gescherzt,
Der ich im Wankelmuth mich übe,
Ich glaube, daß ich Doris liebe.

Denn ach! seitdem ich sie gesehn,
Ist mir kein andre Schöne schön,
Ach, die Tyrannin meiner Triebe;
Ich glaube gar, daß ich sie liebe.
Confirmed with Sämmtliche Schriften des Herrn F. W. Gleim, Neue vermehrte Ausgabe, parts 3-4, Amsterdam, 1765, pages 41-42.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Selbstgespräch", WoO. 114 (1792?)

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719 - 1803), "Ein Selbstgespräch"

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Christian Anderson) , "Soliloquy", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Soliloque", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2006-11-06
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