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by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Until I lose my soul and lie
Language: English 
Until I lose my soul and lie
  Blind to the beauty of the earth,
Deaf [tho' a lyric]1 wind goes by,
  Dumb in a storm of mirth;

Until my heart is quenched at length
  And I have left the land of men,
Oh, let me love with all my strength
  Careless if I am loved again.

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•   M. Emery 

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1 Emery: "though shouting"

Text Authorship:

  • by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "A prayer", appears in Rivers to the Sea, first published 1915 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Let me love", 2013 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], note: a different setting from the one in German [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "Let me love", 2013 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Lass lieben mich", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-10-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 57

Lass lieben mich
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
[Lass lieben mich] bis meine Seele ich verlier und blind
der Erde Schönheit nicht mehr seh,
und taub, wiewohl umweht von lyrisch sanftem Wind,
und stumm in einem Sturm der Freude steh;

[Lass lieben mich] bis meines Herzens Durst gestillt zuletzt
und ich gegangen bin von dieser Erd,
o, lass mit aller Kraft mich lieben, jetzt,
selbst wenn mich niemand liebend mehr begehrt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Bertram Kottmann , "Lass lieben mich", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in English by Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933), "A prayer", appears in Rivers to the Sea, first published 1915
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Lass lieben mich", 2013 [medium voice and piano], note: a different setting from the one in English [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-10-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 63

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