Die Liebe hat gelogen,
Die Sorge lastet schwer,
Betrogen, ach, betrogen
Hat alles mich umher!

Es [rinnen]1 [heiße]2 Tropfen
Die Wange stets herab,
Laß ab, [laß ab]3 zu klopfen,
[Laß ab, mein]4 Herz, laß ab!

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Confirmed with Vermischte Schriften von August Graf von Platen Hallermünde. Erlangen, bey Carl Heyder. 1822, page 90; and with Gesammelte Werke des Grafen August von Platen. In Einem Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag. 1839, page 11.

¹ Schubert: "fließen"
² Platen (1839 edition): "helle"
³ Schubert: "mein Herz,"
⁴ Schubert: "Du armes"

Authorship:

• by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, written 1819? [author's text checked 2 times 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 von Hornstein (1833 - 1890), "Die Liebe hat gelogen", op. 12 (3 Lieder) no. 2, published 1858 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Die Liebe hat gelogen", op. 5 (Fünf Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Liebe hat gelogen", op. 23 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, D 751 (1822), published 1823 [ voice, piano ], Sauer & Leidesdorf, VN 367, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De liefde heeft gelogen", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Love has lied", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 35