Weil ich dich liebe, bin ich des Nachts So wild und flüsternd zu dir gekommen, Und daß du mich nimmer vergessen kannst, Hab ich deine Seele mit mir genommen. Sie ist nun bei mir und gehört mir ganz Im Guten und auch im Bösen; Von meiner wilden, brennenden Liebe Kann dich kein Engel erlösen.
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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 23.
Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Weil ich dich liebe", written 1898 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ferdinand Gerhardt, jun. (1888 - 1985), "Weil ich dich liebe" [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans-Joachim Marx , "Weil ich dich liebe", <<1952 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Sieben Orchesterlieder für Sopran nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 3, lost? [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Weil ich dich liebe", op. 7 no. 8 [ high voice and piano ], from Zehn romantische Lieder für mittlere Stimme nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Because I love you", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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