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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Meine Seele will nicht schlafen gehen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Meine Seele will nicht schlafen gehen, 
Weil sie immer dich noch sieht. 
Könnt' ich immer, immer dich doch sehen! 
Fleht ihr Traum, ihr Wunsch, ihr Lied. 

Schlafen mußt du -- schlaf in deiner Wonne, 
Liebe Seele, schlaf auch du! 
Auch im schönsten Frühling muß die Sonne 
Jeden Abend gehn zur Ruh. 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Hoffman von Fallersleben, Leipzig, Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1843, page 430.


Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, no. 175 [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 Alphonse Maurice (1856 - 1905), "Meine Seele will nicht schlafen gehen", op. 42 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2024-09-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 50

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