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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Yvonne Helander

Liebst du um Schönheit

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI DUT ENG FIN FRE FRE ITA NOR POR POR SPA SWE

Liebst du um Schönheit,
O nicht mich liebe! 
Liebe die Sonne,
Sie trägt ein gold'nes Haar!

Liebst du um Jugend,
O nicht mich liebe!
Liebe den Frühling,
Der jung ist jedes Jahr! 

Liebst du um Schätze,
O nicht mich liebe. 
Liebe die Meerfrau,
[Die]¹ hat viel Perlen klar.

Liebst du um Liebe,
O ja, mich liebe!
Liebe mich immer, 
Dich lieb' ich immerdar.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• G. Mahler • C. Schumann

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Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert, Liebesfühling, Elfte Auflage. Frankfurt am Main: J. D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1880, page 218.

See also Louis-Alexandre Fortoul's Qu'aimes‑tu de moi ?, which seems to have been inspired by this poem.

¹ Mahler, C. Schumann: "Sie"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 4. Vierter Strauß. Wiedergewonnen [or Entfremdet], no. 40 [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 Max Joseph Beer (1851 - 1908), "Liebst du um Schönheit ?", op. 14 no. 4, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Sturm und Stille : Sechs Gesänge nach Dichtungen von C. Stögmann, O. von Redwitz, H. Heine, Friedrich Rückert, no. 4, Bielefeld, Sulzer [sung text not yet checked]
by A. T. Clauset , "Liebst du um Schönheit", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Andenken. Drei Albumblätter für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Rotterdam, Lichtenauer [sung text not yet checked]
by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Liebst du um Schönheit?", op. 37 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1887? [ voice and piano ], St. Petersburg: A. Büttner / Hamburg: D. Rahter [sung text checked 1 time]
by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Liebst du um Schönheit ", op. 39 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911), "Liebst du um Schönheit", 1901-2, published 1905, from Fünf Rückertlieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Liebst du um Schönheit", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6 (1844/5) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Liebst du um Schönheit", op. 54 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1941 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896), "Liebst du um Schönheit", op. 12 no. 4 (1841), published 1841 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte aus Friedrich Rückerts Liebesfrühling [nos. 2,4,11 by Clara Schumann; the rest by Robert Schumann], no. 4, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Liebst du um Schönheit", op. 21, published 1844 [ tenor, cello, piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Friedrich Zöllner (1800 - 1860), "Liebe um Liebe", published 1841 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesfrühling von Fr. Rückert. 9 Lieder , no. 1, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1858 - 1915) , no title, written 1882 ; composed by Joel Engel, Arseny Nikolayevich Koreshchenko, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Älskar du för Skönhets skull, älska inte mig

Language: Swedish (Svenska) after the German (Deutsch)

Älskar du för Skönhets skull, 
älska inte mig
Älska solen, 
som har sitt gyllene hår!

Älskar du för Ungdoms skull, 
älska inte mig
Älska våren, 
som är lika ung varje år!

Älskar du för Rikedoms skull,
älska inte mig
Älska havsfrun, 
som så klara pärlor har!

Älskar du för Kärleks skull, 
o ja, älska mig
Älska mig för alltid, 
och jag ska älska dig, i alla mina da'r!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Swedish (Svenska) copyright © 2006 by Yvonne Helander, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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 4. Vierter Strauß. Wiedergewonnen [or Entfremdet], no. 40
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This text was added to the website: 2006-03-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 68