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Wenn Worte dir vom Rosenmunde wehen, Bist du so schön! -- gesenkten Angesichts Und still, bist du so schön! -- was soll ich [flehen]1: O rede mir!? o sage nichts!? Drum laß mich zwischen beiden Himmeln schwanken, Halb schweigend, sprechend halb, beglücke mich Und flüstre mir, wie heimlich in Gedanken, Das süße Wort: "Ich liebe dich!"
Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau’s sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [no year], page 241.
1 Hausegger: "fleh'n"Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Fünftes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte [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 Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oskar Dietrich (1888 - ?), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", published 1910 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Gerall , "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 2 ([Zwei] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Edm. Stoll [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willem de Haan (1849 - 1930), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 28 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Siegmund von Hausegger (1872 - 1948), "Zweifelnder Wunsch" [ tenor and piano ], from Lieder der Liebe nach Dichtungen von Nikolaus Lenau für Tenor und Pianoforte, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 38 no. 4, published 1878 [ low voice and piano ], from Lieder der Sehnsucht, no. 4, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Keller , "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 1, published 1879 [ high voice and piano ], Köln, P.J. Tonger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Paul Kubin , "Zweifelnder Wunsch", published 1885 [ medium voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Reichenberg, Schöpfer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl R. von Lambort , "Zweifelnder Wunsch ", published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Wien, Rättig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 36 no. 6 (1923) [ voice and chamber orchestra ], from Elegie: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Nikolaus Lenau und Joseph von Eichendorff, no. 6, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Bernhard Ernst Scholz (1835 - 1916), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 44 (Fünf Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1879 [ low voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alwin Schutzer , "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 26 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", op. 22 (Six Love-songs ("Liebeslieder")) no. 3 (1908) [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863 - 1942), "Zweifelnder Wunsch ", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 tiefere Singst und Pianoforte, no. 1, Mannheim, Heckel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Vacillating wish", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 55
When words waft from your rosy lips, You are so beautiful! -- with lowered face And quiet, you are so beautiful! -- for what shall I plead: Oh, speak to me!? Oh, say nothing!? Therefore, let me vacillate between two heavens, Half silent, half speaking, delight me And whisper to me as if secretly in thought, The sweet words: "I love you!"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Zweifelnder Wunsch", appears in Gedichte, in 5. Fünftes Buch, in Vermischte Gedichte
This text was added to the website: 2024-07-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 60