by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
Laß mich ihm am Busen hangen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Laß mich ihm am Busen hangen, Mutter, Mutter! laß das Bangen. Frage nicht: wie soll sich's wenden? Frage nicht: wie soll das enden? Enden? Enden soll sich's nie, Wenden, noch nicht weiß ich, wie!
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Authorship
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 5. Fünfter Strauß. Verbunden, no. 36 [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 Friedrich Klose (1862 - 1942), "Lass mich ihm am Busen hangen", op. 8 no. 6, published 1892 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Verbunden. Neun Gedichte für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Lied der Braut II", op. 25 no. 12 (1840), published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Myrten, no. 12, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Trunk (1879 - 1968), "Lied der Braut", op. 5 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Wichmann (1824 - 1905), "Lass mich ihm am Busen hangen", op. 23 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Friedrich Zöllner (1800 - 1860), "Wie soll das enden", published 1841 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesfrühling von Fr. Rückert. 9 Lieder , no. 6, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Marta Garcia Cadena) , "La cançó de la promesa II", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lied van de bruid II", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "The betrothed's song II", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de la fiancée II", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Pilar Lirio
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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