Lass mich ihm am Busen hangen | Laß mich ihm am Busen hangen

Laß mich ihm am Busen hangen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

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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Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 5. Fünfter Strauß. Verbunden or Wiedergewonnen], 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]

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