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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Blindekuh
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O liebliche Therese!
Wie wandelt gleich ins Böse
Dein offnes Auge sich!
Die Augen zugebunden,
Hast du mich schnell gefunden,
Und warum fingst du eben mich?

Du faßtest mich aufs beste
Und hieltest mich so feste;
Ich sank in deinen Schoß.
Kaum warst du aufgebunden,
War alle Lust verschwunden;
Du ließest kalt den Blinden los.

Er tappte hin und wieder,
Verrenkte fast die Glieder,
Und alle foppten ihn.
Und willst du mich nicht lieben,
So geh ich stets im Trüben
Wie mit verbundnen Augen hin.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Blindekuh" [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 Friedrich "Fritz" Wolfgang Lessauer (1874 - 1937), "Blindekuh", op. 92 (Vier Rokokolieder) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wendelin Weißheimer (1838 - 1910), "Blindekuh" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-12
Line count: 18
Word count: 85

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