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Wie so innig, möcht' ich sagen, Sich der meine mir ergiebt, Um zu lindern meine Klagen, Daß er nicht so innig liebt. Will ich's sagen, so entschwebt es; Wären Töne mir verliehen, Flöss' es hin in Harmonieen, Denn in jenen Tönen lebt es. Nur die Nachtigall kann sagen, Wie er innig sich mir giebt, Um zu lindern meine Klagen, Daß er nicht so innig liebt.
Confirmed with Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1802. Herausgegeben von A. W. Schlegel und L. Tieck. Tübingen, in der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1802, page 151; and with Friedrich Schlegel's sämmtliche Werke. Erster Band. Gedichte. Berlin, bei Julius Eduard Hitzig, 1809, page 28.
Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Schlegel (1772 - 1829), "Das Mädchen", appears in Abendröte, in Zweiter Teil, no. 5, first published 1802 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Das Mädchen", D 652 (1819), published 1842 [ voice, piano ], A.Diabelli & Co., VN 7418, Wien (Nachlaß-Lieferung 40) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850), "Das Mädchen", op. 33 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La noia", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het meisje", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The maiden", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La jeune fille", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Martin-Beatus Meier , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65
I would like to say that he is so ardent and yields to my wishes only to soothe my fears that he doesn't really love me passionately. But if I try to say it, the feeling disappears; if I had been granted with the gift of music, it would flow from me in harmony for it lives in every note. Only the nightingale can say how ardent he is to soothe my fears that he doesn't really love me passionately.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich von Schlegel (1772 - 1829), "Das Mädchen", appears in Abendröte, in Zweiter Teil, no. 5, first published 1802
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 80