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Ich schnitt' es gern in alle Rinden ein, Ich grüb' es gern in jeden Kieselstein, Ich möcht' es sä'n auf jedes frische Beet Mit Kressensamen, der es schnell verräth, Auf jeden weißen Zettel möcht' ich's schreiben: Dein ist mein Herz, und soll es ewig bleiben. Ich möcht' mir ziehen einen jungen Staar, Bis daß er spräch' die Worte rein und klar, Bis er sie spräch' mit meines Mundes Klang, Mit meines Herzens vollem, [heißem]1 Drang; Dann säng' er hell durch ihre Fensterscheiben: Dein ist mein Herz, und soll es ewig bleiben. Den Morgenwinden möcht' ich's hauchen ein, Ich möcht' es säuseln durch den regen Hain; O, leuchtet' es aus jedem Blumenstern! Trüg' es der Duft zu ihr von nah' und fern! Ihr Wogen, könnt ihr nichts als Räder treiben? Dein ist mein Herz, und soll es ewig bleiben. Ich meint', es müßt' in meinen Augen stehn, Auf meinen Wangen müßt' man's brennen sehn, Zu lesen wär's auf meinem stummen Mund, Ein jeder Athemzug gäb's laut ihr kund; Und sie merkt nichts von all' dem bangen Treiben: Dein ist mein Herz, und soll es ewig bleiben.
L. Spohr sets stanzas 1-2, 4
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Erstes Bändchen. Zweite Auflage. Deßau 1826. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 19-20; and with Sieben und siebzig Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten. Herausgegeben von Wilhelm Müller. Dessau, 1821. Bei Christian Georg Ackermann, pages 20-21.
Published also in Frauentaschenbuch für das Jahr 1821 von de la Motte Fouqué. Nürnberg bei Joh. Leonh. Schrag, pages 401-402.
1 Müller (1821 edition), and Schubert: "heißen"See also this text by G. T. that either quotes or plagiarizes the first stanza.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Ungeduld", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 9, first published 1821 [author's text checked 2 times 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 (Karl) Friedrich Curschmann (1805 - 1841), "Ungeduld", op. 3 (Sechs Gesänge für Tenor (oder Sopran)) no. 6, published 1854 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Ich schnitt es gern in alle Rinden ein", op. 22 (Drei Gesänge) no. 2, published 183-? [ voice, piano, and horn or violoncello ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Scherzer (1821 - 1886), "Ungeduld", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für Tenor (oder Sopran) mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 2, published 1887 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Grunow [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Ungeduld", op. 25 no. 7, D 795 no. 7 (1823), from Die schöne Müllerin, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Ungeduld", op. 94 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 4, stanzas 1-2,4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Impaciència", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ongeduld", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Impatience", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Impatience", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kärsimättömyyttä", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Impatience", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , "Η ανυπομονησία", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) [singable] (Shula Keller) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Impazienza", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "초조", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POR Portuguese (Português) (Caê Vieira) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Vorrei inciderlo in ogni corteccia, vorrei scolpirlo in ogni pietra, vorrei seminarlo in ogni terra fresca, insieme al crescione, che cresce presto, su ogni foglio bianco vorrei scrivere: "tuo è il mio cuore, e tuo rimanga per sempre!" Vorrei allevare un giovane storno, fin che parlasse bene e chiaramente, fin che dicesse, col suono della mia voce, con l'impeto agitato e focoso del mio cuore, cantando lieto alla sua finestra: "tuo è il mio cuore, e tuo rimanga per sempre!" Alle brezze del mattino vorrei sospirarlo, vorrei sussurrarlo per tutto il boschetto, oh, risplenda in ogni corolla, e ne porti a lei, da ogni parte, il profumo! E voi onde, non sapete muovere altro che le ruote? "tuo è il mio cuore, e tuo rimanga per sempre!" Pensavo che fosse scritto nei miei occhi, che si vedesse dallemie guance ardenti, che si leggesse sulla mia bocca tacita, che glielo dicesse, forte, ogni respiro: e lei non nota nulla del mio turbamento, della mia agitazione: "tuo è il mio cuore, e tuo rimanga per sempre!"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2005 by Amelia Maria Imbarrato, (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 Wilhelm Müller (1794 - 1827), "Ungeduld", appears in Gedichte aus den hinterlassenen Papieren eines reisenden Waldhornisten 1, in Die schöne Müllerin, no. 9, first published 1821
This text was added to the website: 2005-09-13
Line count: 24
Word count: 174