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Mein Herz ist [zerrissen]1, du liebst mich nicht! Du ließest mich's wissen, du liebst mich nicht! Wiewol ich dir flehend und werbend erschien, Und liebebeflissen, du liebst mich nicht! Du hast es gesprochen, mit Worten gesagt, Mit allzugewissen, du liebst mich nicht! So soll ich die Sterne, so soll ich den Mond, Die Sonne vermissen? du liebst mich nicht! Was blüht mir die Rose? was blüht der Jasmin? Was blühn die Narzissen? du liebst mich nicht!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Ghaselen von August Graf v. Platen Hallermünde. Erlangen Carl Heyder. 1821, page 15 (here as Ghasele no. 9); and with Gesammelte Werke des Grafen August von Platen. In Einem Band. Stuttgart und Tübingen, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag. 1839, page 71.
1 Hauptmann: "zersplittert"; further changes may exist not shown above.Authorship:
- by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Ghaselen, no. 8 [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 Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Ghasel", op. 19 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 12, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich von Kerstorf , "Ghasele ", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf deutsche Lieder, für 1 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Du liebst mich nicht", op. 59 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, D 756 (1822), published 1826 [ voice, piano ], Sauer & Leidesdorf, VN 932, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Je houdt niet van mij", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "You do not love me", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Tu ne m'aimes pas", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Lewis Grenville) , "Tu no me amas", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Mijn hart is gereten, je houdt niet van mij! Je liet het me weten, je houdt niet van mij! Hoezeer ik je biddend en smekend verscheen En liefdebezeten, je houdt niet van mij! Het is uitgesproken, met woorden gezegd, Te groot uitgemeten, je houdt niet van mij! Dus moet ik de sterren, dus moet ik de maan, De zon ook gaan missen, je wilt mij niet! Wat bloeien nog rozen, wat bloeit nog jasmijn, Wat bloeien narcissen, je wilt mij niet!
Authorship:
- Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2007 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796 - 1835), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Ghaselen, no. 8
This text was added to the website: 2007-08-16
Line count: 10
Word count: 81