Ach Liebesgott | Ach Liebesgott, erbarme dich

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Great God of Love

Language: English

Our translations: GER

Great God of love, some pity show, 
on Amarillis bend thy bow. 
Do thou, we pray, her soul inspire, 
and make her feel the self-same fire, 
that wastes her lover's heart away.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Lucas Pearsall (1795 - 1856), "Great God of Love", 1839 [ SSAATTBB chorus ], madrigal; part-song 295 of Novello's part-song book, volume X, pages 77 - 81. [sung text checked 1 time]
by John Austin Sykes (1909 - 1962), "Great God of Love" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Ach Liebesgott", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2015-09-09
Line count: 5
Word count: 32

Ach Liebesgott

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Ach Liebesgott, erbarme dich
auf Amarill' den Bogen richt’.
Mach’, dass vor Lieb’ ihr wallt das Blut,
lass spüren sie dieselbe Glut,
die ihres Liebsten Herz verzehrt.

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a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2015-09-09
Line count: 5
Word count: 27