As long as Beauty exists (Hoffmann von Fallersleben, set by (Johannes Brahms)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

So lange Schönheit wird bestehn

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): DUT ENG

So lange Schönheit wird bestehn,
so lang' auf Erden Augen sehn,
wirst du der Liebe nicht entgehn.

Authorship

by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874) [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "So lange Schönheit wird bestehn", op. 113 no. 6, published 1891 [vocal quartet of female voices], from 13 Kanons für Frauenstimmen, no. 6, Leipzig, Peters [ sung text verified 1 time]

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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zolang er schoonheid zal bestaan", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2015

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This text was added to the website: 2005-08-29
Line count: 3
Word count: 17

As long as Beauty exists

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

As long as Beauty exists,
As long as eyes see on earth,
You will not escape from Love.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

This text was added to the website: 2015-11-29
Line count: 3
Word count: 18