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Bleib stehn! daß nur ein Hauch vom Winde, Der über Deine Wangen geht, Des durst'gen Athmers Lippen finde, Eh' er im weiten All verweht. Er wallt so mild wie Maienlüfte, So würzig süß wie Blumendüfte, Doch käm' er auch wie Eisespfeil Hoch von der Alpen Gletscherflur, Willkommen wär' er, brächt' er nur Mir Deines Odems kleinsten Theil. O zürn' ihm nicht ob seinem Raube, Den er zu mir herüber lenkt, Und zürn' auch mir nicht, wenn ich glaube, Du habest ihn für mich beschenkt. Mein Herz allein will er bethören, Sonst Keiner kann ihn sehn und hören Den Boten, der wie Schwalbenflug Den einz'gen Kuß, in Luft getaucht, Im Abendroth dahin gehaucht, Von Deinem Mund zu meinem trug.
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- by Julius Wolff (1834 - 1910), no title, appears in Tannhäuser: ein Minnesang, first published 1887 [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 Hans von Saurma-Jeltsch , "Bleib steh'n! Dass nur ein Hauch vom Winde", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder aus Wolff's Tannhäuser, Wilder Jäger und Rattenfänger für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Bonn, Cohen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Bleib stehn! Dass nur ein Hauch vom Winde", op. 5 no. 7 (1883), published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus Julius Wolff's Minnesang: Tannhäuser, no. 7, Braunschweig, H. Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 118
Oh stay! that only a breath of the wind That passes over your cheeks May find the lips of the thirsty breathing one, Before dissipating into the wide distances. [The wind] blows as mildly as the breezes of May, As spicily sweet as the scent of flowers, But even if it came like an arrow of ice From the heights of the alpine glaciers, I would welcome it, if only it brought me The smallest hint of your breath. Oh do not be angry with what the wind steals from you, And what it directs over to me, And do not be angry with me, when I believe That you gave the wind this gift for me. It is only my heart that the wind wishes to beguile, No one else can see or hear The messenger, who in swallow-like flight, Carried the single kiss, dipped into air, Breathed into the red glow of sunset, From my lips to yours.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Julius Wolff (1834 - 1910), no title, appears in Tannhäuser: ein Minnesang, first published 1887
This text was added to the website: 2014-09-18
Line count: 20
Word count: 160