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by Emma von Schultz (1844 - 1882)

Warum sagt er es nicht?
 (Sung text for setting by E. Adayevskaya)
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Warum folgt er mir nur,
Dieser schreckliche Mann,
Warum lächelt er so,
Warum sieht er mich an,
Warum zuckt es so oft
In dem bleichen Gesicht,
Warum liebt er mich so,
Warum sagt er es nicht?

Warum findet mich stets
Sein dämonischer Blick.
Warum kann ich nicht fliehn!
Warum schau ich zurück?
Weil ein Zauber mich bannt,
Weil die Kraft mir gebricht.
Warum liebt er mich so,
Warum sagt er es nicht?

Composition:

    Set to music by Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "Warum sagt er es nicht?", op. 3 (Lieder und Duette = Песни и дуэты (Pesni i duety)) no. 1 (1864), published 1872?3 [ voice and piano ], St. Petersburg : Büttner, also set in Russian (Русский)

Text Authorship:

  • by Emma von Schultz (1844 - 1882)

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-08-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 72

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