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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

So lang' ich werde: "Liebst du mich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
So lang' ich werde: "Liebst du mich,
O Liebster?" dich fragen,
So lange sollst: "Ich liebe dich,
O Liebste!" mir sagen.

Werd' ich mit Blicken: "Liebst du mich,
O Liebster!" dich fragen,
Mit Küssen sollst : "Ich liebe dich,
O Liebste!" mir sagen.

Und wird ein Seufzer: "Liebst du mich,
O Liebster?" dich fragen;
Ein Lächeln soll: "Ich liebe dich,
O Liebste!" mir sagen.

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Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert’s Liebesfrühling, Elfte Auflage, J. D. Sauerländer’s Verlag, Frankfurt a. M., 1880, page 214.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 4. Vierter Strauß. Wiedergewonnen [or Entfremdet], no. 35 [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 Adalbert (Béla) Laszky (1867 - 1935), "Eine Frage", published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Zwanzig Lieder, Heft 1, no. 1, Budapest F. Bárd et Frère  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "So lang ich werde "Liebst du mich."", op. 113 no. 2, published 1842 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Frühlingsliebe von Fr. Rückert für Sopran oder Tenor, no. 2, Hannover, Nagel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Marx (1882 - 1964), "Frage und Antwort", 1909, published 1910 [ soprano and piano ], in Lieder und Gesänge, I. Folge, Nr.9 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

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