Kwelgeest betoont zich steeds Amor | Kwelgeest betoont zich steeds Amor voor mij!

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Grausam erweiset sich Amor an mir! O,...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Grausam erweiset sich Amor an mir! O, spielet, ihr Musen,
Mit den Schmerzen, die er, spielend, im Busen erregt.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1813, page 398.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Vier Jahreszeiten, in Sommer, no. 19 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Grausam erweiset sich Amor", WoO. posth. 24 (1863-?) [ vocal quartet of female voices ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Grausam erweiset sich Amor", op. 113 no. 2, published 1891 [ vocal quartet of female voices ], from 13 Kanons für Frauenstimmen, no. 2, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cruel es mostra l’amor ", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Kwelgeest betoont zich steeds Amor", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2015
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Amour se montre cruel envers moi ", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Con me crudele si dimostra Amore", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2005-08-29
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Kwelgeest betoont zich steeds Amor

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Kwelgeest betoont zich steeds Amor voor mij!
O, speel maar, gij Muzen,
Met de treurnis die hij spelend verwekt in mijn hart.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Vier Jahreszeiten, in Sommer, no. 19
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-02
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