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Nimmer will ich dich verlieren! Liebe gibt der Liebe Kraft. Magst du meine Jugend zieren Mit gewaltiger Leidenschaft. Ach! Wie schmeichelt's meinem Triebe, Wenn man meinen Dichter preist! Denn das Leben ist die Liebe, Und des Lebens Leben Geist.
Authorship:
- sometimes misattributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- by Marianne von Willemer (1784 - 1860) [author's text not yet checked 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 Martin Wegelius (1846 - 1906), "Nimmer will ich dich verlieren", 1876 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Nimmer will ich dich verlieren", 1888, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 48, Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "No et vull perdre mai", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "May I never lose you", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Non voglio perderti mai", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 39
May I never lose you! Love gives strength to the loving. May you adorn my youth with immense passion. Ah! How they caress my inner self when they praise my poet! For life is love, and intellect is the life of existence.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) misattributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) and by Marianne von Willemer (1784 - 1860)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42