by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Wenn ich mir in stiller Seele
 (Sung text for setting by F. Hensel)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  DUT ENG FRE
Wenn ich mir in stiller Seele
Singe leise Lieder vor:
Wie ich fühle, daß sie fehle,
Die ich einzig mir erkohr;
Möcht' ich hoffen, daß sie sänge,
Was ich ihr so gern vertraut;
Ach! aus dieser Brust und Enge
Drängen frohe Lieder laut.

Note (provided by Lau Kanen): Goethe dedicated ‘Wenn ich mir in stiller Seele’ to Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel in 1827.

Composition:

    Set to music by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Wenn ich mir in stiller Seele", 1828, published 1999

Text Authorship:

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "When, in my quiet soul", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 43