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Erwin Sie liebt mich! Sie liebt mich!1 Welch schreckliches Beben! Fühl' ich mich selber? Bin ich am Leben? Sie [liebt]2 mich! Sie liebt mich!3 Ach, rings so anders! Bist du's noch, Sonne? Bist du's noch, Hütte? Trage die Wonne, Seliges Herz! Sie liebt mich! Sie liebt mich!1
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Goethe's Werke nach den vorzüglichsten Quellen revidirte Ausgabe, Dritter Theil, Gedichte, herausgegeben und mit Anmerkungen begleitet von Dr. Fr. Strehlke, Berlin, Gustav Hempel, 1868, pages 77-78.
Note: in some versions of the Goethe poem, "Ha!" appears at the beginning of several lines.1 Lang: "Sie liebt mich, sie liebt mich, ja sie liebt mich"
2 Lang and Medtner: "liebet"
3 Lang adds here:
Ach, kann die Seele dich denn erfassen, Glück ohne Name kann ich dich lassen! Einmal erwacht, einmal erwacht! Glück ohne Name! Sie liebt mich, sie liebt mich, ja! sie liebt mich!
Authorship
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Erwin und Elmire, first published 1775 [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Sie liebt mich", op. 33[34] (Disteln und Dornen) no. 4 (1840). [text verified 1 time]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Aus Erwin und Elmire", op. 15 no. 4, from 12 Goethe-Lieder, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Aus Erwin und Elmire", op. 25 no. 16, published 1919. [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "She loves me", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 47
Erwin She loves me, she loves me! What an exalted trembling -- am I aware of myself? Am I alive? She loves me, she loves me!1 Ah, everything around me is so different; sun, is that still you? Is that still you, little hut? Bear the joy, Blessed heart! She loves me, she loves me!
1 Translation of Lang's addition:
Ah, can the soul comprehend you [happiness], Happiness without name, can I do without you, Once [you are] awakened, once awakened[?] Happiness without name! She loves me, she loves me, yes, she loves me!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2006 by Sharon Krebs, (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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Erwin und Elmire, first published 1775
This text was added to the website: 2006-12-14
Line count: 15
Word count: 54