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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Finnisches Lied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Käm' der liebe Wohlbekannte,
Völlig so wie er geschieden:
Kuß erkläng' an seinen Lippen,
Hätt' auch Wolfsblut sie gerötet;
Ihm den Handschlag gäb' ich, wären
Seine Fingerspitzen Schlangen.

Wind! o hättest du Verständnis,
Wort' um Worte trügst du wechselnd,
Sollt auch einiges verhallen,
Zwischen zwei entfernten Liebchen.

Gern entbehrt' ich gute Bissen,
Priesters Tafelfleisch vergäß' ich
Eher, als dem Freund entsagen,
Den ich Sommers rasch bezwungen,
Winters langer Weis' bezähmte.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Finnisches Lied", written 1810 [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 Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Finnisches Lied", 1962 [ SMezA chorus a cappella ], from Lieder, Oden und Szenen, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Finnisches Lied" [ voice and piano or lute ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Paul Umlauft (1853 - 1934), "Finnisches Lied", op. 26 (Fünf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3 (1886), published 1886 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Finnisches Lied", VWV 1100 (1874?), published 1874 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Gedichte von Goethe, Pushkin, Mörike, Geibel und Pohl, no. 2, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883) ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chanson finnoise", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-07-09
Line count: 15
Word count: 70

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