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by Gottfried August Bürger (1747 - 1794)

Schwanenlied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mir tut's so weh im Herzen!
Ich bin so matt und krank!
Ich schlafe nicht vor Schmerzen;
Mag Speise nicht und Trank;
Seh' alles sich entfärben,
Was Schönes mir geblüht!
Ach, Liebchen! will nur sterben!
Dies ist mein Schwanenlied.

Du wärst mir zwar ein Becher
Von Heilungslabsal voll. -
Nur - daß ich armer Lecher
Nicht ganz ihn trinken soll! -
Ihn, welcher so viel Süßes,
So tausend Süßes hat! --
Doch -- hätt' ich des Genießes,
Nie hätt' ich dennoch satt.

D'rum laß mich, vor den Wehen
Der ungestillten Lust
Zerschmelzen und vergehen,
Vergehn an deiner Brust!
Aus deinem süßen Munde
Laß saugen süßen Tod!
Denn, Herzchen, ich gesunde
Sonst nie von meiner Not.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gottfried August Bürger (1747 - 1794), "Schwanenlied", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, first published 1789 [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 Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747 - 1800), "Schwanenlied", published 1782 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Bey George Jakob Decker, Königl. Hofbuchdrucker [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Josef Antonín Štěpán (1726 - 1797), "Schwanenlied", published 1778-9 [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Carl Christian Agthe.

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Set in a modified version by Georg Gerson.

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 110

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