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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 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]
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.
Line count: 6
Word count: 34
Let me cling to his chest, Mother, Mother! Stop worrying. Don't ask: how shall it change? Don't ask: how shall it end? End? It shall never end, change, I still don't know how!
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2005 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 5. Fünfter Strauß. Verbunden or Wiedergewonnen], no. 36
This text was added to the website: 2005-02-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 33