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by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)

Warnung und Wunsch
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Lebe nicht so [schnell]1 und stürmisch;
Sieh den holden Frühling prangen,
Höre seine Wonnelieder;
Ach, wie bleich sind deine Wangen!

Welkt die Rose, kehrt sie wieder;
Mit den lauen Frühlingswinden
Kehren auch die Nachtigallen;
Werden sie dich wiederfinden? -

Könnt' ich leben also innig,
Feurig, rasch und ungebunden,
Wie das Leben jenes Blitzes,
Der dort im Gebirg verschwunden!

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1 Hornstein: "rasch"; other changes may exist, not noted

Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Warnung und Wunsch", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte [author's text not yet checked 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 Robert von Hornstein (1833 - 1890), "Warnung und Wunsch", op. 51 (22 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 15, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Kröner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Warnung und Wunsch", op. 36 no. 5 (1923) [ voice and chamber orchestra ], from Elegie: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Nikolaus Lenau und Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 5, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 58

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