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by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947)

Wenn er auf einmal plötzlich vor mir...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Wenn er auf einmal plötzlich vor mir stände,
O Erd' und Himmel, was begönn' ich nur?
Sein teures Haupt nähm' ich in beide Hände
Und küßte meiner alten Küsse Spur
Auf seinen Augen, Lippen, Haaren, Wangen -
Was hab' ich ohne dich nur angefangen!
Auf seinen Grübchen, Groll- und Lächelfalten -
Wie hab' ich's ohne dich nur ausgehalten!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Liebesreime, no. 47 [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 Johannes Driessler (1921 - 1998), "Wenn er auf einmal plötzlich", op. 10/3 no. 8 [ high voice and piano ], from Liebesreime: 10 Variationen auf Texte von Ricarda Huch, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Wenn er auf einmal", op. 105 (6 Lieder für Alt und Klavier) no. 6 (1935) [ alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Wenn er auf einmal plötzlich vor mir stände", op. 22 (Drei Liebesreime für eine hohe Frauenstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1896 [ high female voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Si tout d'un coup il se tenait devant moi", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 56

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