Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe (Daumer, set by (Johannes Brahms)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

Translation by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Hungarian (Magyar)

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Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe,
ein gar zu gefährlicher Bronnen;
da fiel ich hinein, ich Armer,
kann weder hören noch sehn,
nur denken an meine Wonnen,
nur stöhnen in meinen Wehn.

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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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a text in Hungarian (Magyar) by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), "A szerelem, a szerelem", written 1843

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by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Ein dunkeler Schacht ist Liebe", op. 52 no. 16 (1869), from Liebesliederwalzer, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]

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