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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Blick um Blick
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn du dich im Spiegel besiehst,
Denke daß ich diese Augen küßte,
Und mich mit mir selbst entzweyen müßte
Sobalde du mich fliehst:
Denn da ich nur in diesen Augen lebe,
Du mir gibst was ich gebe,
So wär' ich ganz verloren;
Jetzt bin ich immer wie neu geboren.

Confirmed with Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Dritter Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1828, page 58.


Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Blick um Blick", appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 1. Lyrisches [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 Otto Klemperer (1885 - 1973), "Blick um Blick" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hermann Karl Josef Zilcher (1881 - 1948), "Blick um Blick", op. 51 no. 1, published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Winfried (Petrus Ignatius) Zillig (1905 - 1963), "Blick um Blick", 1941 [ female voice and piano or orchestra ], from Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Goethe, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 49

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