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by Stefan Zweig (1881 - 1942)

Begehren
Language: German (Deutsch) 
An manchen Tagen faßt mich ein Begehren
nach Glanz und Glück und wilder Rhythmus Glut
nach Purpurrosen, tief und rot wie Blut
und heißen Frauen, die mit liebesschweren
Sturmküssen dämmen meiner Wünsche Flut..

Doch tief in diesem grellen Lustverlangen
zittert ein einziger Wunsch allein
nach einem großen, reichen Glücklichsein
nach Frieden, den mir stille Lieder sagen
in meiner Kindheit goldenem Sonnenschein.

Text Authorship:

  • by Stefan Zweig (1881 - 1942) [author's text not yet checked 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 Walter Lang (1896 - 1966), "Begehren", op. 14 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1926 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-06
Line count: 10
Word count: 61

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