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Hast du nicht Liebe zugemessen Dem Leben jeder Kreatur? Warum bin ich allein vergessen, Auch meine Mutter du! du Natur? Wo lebte wohl in Forst und Hürde, Und wo in Luft und Meer, ein Tier, Das nimmermehr geliebet würde? -- Geliebt wird alles außer mir! Wenn gleich [in Hain und Wiesenmatten]1 Sich Baum und Staude, Moos und Kraut Durch Lieb' und Gegenliebe gatten; Vermählt sich mir doch keine Braut. Mir wächst vom süßesten der Triebe Nie Honigfrucht zur Lust heran. Denn ach! mir mangelt Gegenliebe, [Die Eine nur]2 gewähren kann.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Beethoven: "im Hain, auf Flur und Matten"; Agthe: "im Hain und Wiesenmatten"
2 Beethoven: "Die Eine, nur Eine"
Authorship
- by Gottfried August Bürger (1747 - 1794), "Seufzer eines Ungeliebten", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, first published 1789 [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 Carl Christian Agthe (1762 - 1797), "Seufzer eines Ungeliebten", published 1782 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Seufzer eines Ungeliebten und Gegenliebe", WoO. 118 no. 1 (1794-5) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Ferdinand Halter (1750 - 1806), "Seufzer eines Ungeliebten", published 1782 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747 - 1800), "Seufzer eines Ungeliebten", published 1782, Berlin: Bey George Jakob Decker, Königl. Hofbuchdrucker [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zuchten van een onbeminde", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Soupir d'un mal aimé", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Pilar Lirio
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 89
Heb je geen liefde toegemeten Aan ’t leven van elk creatuur? Waarom ben ik alleen vergeten; Jij bent mijn moeder toch, jij, natuur? Waar leefde ooit in bos en horde, En waar in zee- en luchtgetij Een dier dat nooit bemind mocht worden? – Bemind wordt alles buiten mij! Terwijl in bossen, veld en venen Zich boom en heester, mos en kruid Door liefd’ en wederliefde enen, Hecht zich aan mij geen enk’le bruid. Ik voel de heerlijkste der driften, Maar pluk daar nooit de vruchten van. Want ach, ik mis de wederliefde, [Die ene slechts]1 mij geven kan.
1 […] Beethoven: "Die ene, slechts ene"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gottfried August Bürger (1747 - 1794), "Seufzer eines Ungeliebten", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, first published 1789
This text was added to the website: 2014-08-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 99