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by Julius Mosen (1803 - 1867)

Wär' ich der Regen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Wär' ich der Regen,
Ich wollte mich legen
Der Erde an's Herz;
Wie sollte sie blühen
Und jauchzen und glühen!

Wär' ich die Sonne,
Ich sög' mich vor Wonne
In's dampfende Meer;
Wie sollt' es da rauschen,
Um Küsse zu tauschen! 

Könnt' ich verwehen,
Zu Nebel vergehen,
Zerfließen in Luft;
Ich hielt voll Erbarmen
Die Welt in den Armen. 

So mit dem Herzen
Voll Liebe und Schmerzen
Verglüh' ich allein
Und sinke in Flammen
Und Asche zusammen. 

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Sämmtliche Werke von Julius Mosen, Vierter Band, Der Congreß von Verona, Leipzig: Wilhelm Friedrich Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1880, page 207.


Text Authorship:

  • by Julius Mosen (1803 - 1867), no title, appears in Der Congreß von Verona [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 Julius (or Jules) André (1808 - 1880), "Sehnsucht", op. 57 ([Sieben] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hugo Brückler (1845 - 1871), "Sehnsucht", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Freudenberg (1838 - 1928), "Sehnsucht", op. 8 (8 Lieder und Gesänge) no. 2 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Walter von Goethe (1818 - 1885), "Sehnsucht" [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-06
Line count: 20
Word count: 77

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