by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
O schaudre nicht! Laß diesen Blick, Laß diesen Händedruck dir sagen, Was unaussprechlich ist: Sich hinzugeben ganz und eine Wonne Zu fühlen, die ewig sein muß! Ewig! -- Ihr Ende wird Verzweiflung sein. Nein! kein Ende. Kein Ende!
Composition:
- Set to music by Bettina von Arnim, née Brentano (1785 - 1859), "Aus Faust", 1842 [ voice and piano ], from Die Lieder der Sammlung, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I)
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Gérard Labrunie) , no title
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