sometimes misattributed to
Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826) and by
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Frage
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE
Ist es wahr? Ist es wahr?
Daß du stets dort in dem Laubgang,
An der Weinwand meiner harrst?
Und den Mondschein und die Sternlein
Auch nach mir befragst?
Ist es wahr? Sprich!
Was ich fühle, das begreift nur,
Die es mit fühlt,
Und die treu mir ewig,
Treu mir ewig, ewig bleibt.
Note: The first edition of opus 9 attributed the text to "H. Voss", but Sebastian Hensel (Fanny's son) later wrote that Felix Mendelssohn wrote both music and words on June 6, 1827. Source :
Mendelssohn - 24 Songs : Medium Voice, ed. John Glenn Paton, Alfred Music Publishing, 1992.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Pregunta", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Vraag", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Question", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Question", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 52
Vraag
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch)
Is het waar? Is het waar?
Dat jij steeds daar in de wijngaard,
In de loofgang op mij wacht?
En het maanlicht en de sterren
Ook naar mij bevraagt?
Is het waar? Spreek!
Wat ik voel, ach, dat begrijpt slechts
Zij die ’t meevoelt,
En mij trouw voor eeuwig,
Trouw voor eeuwig, eeuwig blijft.
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This text was added to the website: 2016-11-27
Line count: 10
Word count: 55