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by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885)

Wie ein Verhängnis kommt die Liebe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wie ein Verhängnis kommt die Liebe,
Die mir nun Sinn und Seele bannt:
Mein Herz, wie gern es leben bliebe,
Zerbricht in deiner weißen Hand!

Den scheuen Blick, den kummertrüben,
Heft' ich dir forschend auf die Brust:
Ist's so bestimmt, daß ich dich lieben
Und daß du mich verderben mußt?

Denn jeglich' Schicksal heischt sein Ende.
Bist du das meine? Welch' ein Weh!
Und sehnend fass' ich doch die Hände,
In denen ich zugrunde geh'.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Stieler (1842 - 1885), "Verhängnis", appears in Wanderzeit. Ein Liederbuch, in 1. Auszug [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 Peter Fassbaender (1869 - 1920), "Verhängnis", op. 29 (Drei Lieder von Karl Stieler) no. 1, published 1894 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig : Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Verhängniss", op. 19 no. 2, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder aus Karl Stieler's "Wanderzeit", no. 2, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 75

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