Ich soll dir Lieder singen -
Ich weiß keine Lieder mehr!
Ich möchte mit dir ringen
Und dich zwingen, du Wilde; komm her!
Komm her und höre drinnen
Das Lied in meiner Brust,
Daß du mit allen Sinnen
Mich lieben und mein sein mußt.
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Confirmed with Hermann Hesse, Sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von Volker Michels, Band 10 Die Gedichte, bearbeitet von Peter Huber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002, page 458.
Authorship:
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):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I am to sing you songs...", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Il me faut te chanter une chanson", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust
[Administrator] , Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2007-07-06
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Word count: 44
I am to sing you songs...
I am to sing you songs -
I know no more songs!
I would like to grapple with you
And vanquish you, you wild one; come here!
Come here and hear the song
Within my breast,
So that you with all your senses
Must love me and be mine.