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by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920)

Befreit
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Du wirst nicht weinen. Leise, leise
wirst du lächeln: und wie zur Reise
geb' ich dir Blick und Kuß zurück.
Unsre lieben vier Wände! Du hast sie bereitet,
ich habe sie dir zur Welt [geweitet]1 --
o Glück!

Dann wirst du heiß meine Hände fassen
und wirst mir deine Seele lassen,
läßt unsern Kindern mich zurück.
Du schenktest mir dein ganzes Leben,
ich will es ihnen wiedergeben --
o Glück!

Es wird sehr bald sein, wir wissen's beide,
wir haben einander befreit vom Leide;
so [geb']2 ich dich der Welt zurück.
Dann wirst du mir nur noch im Traum erscheinen
und mich segnen und [mit mir]3 weinen --
o Glück!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Goldmark •   R. Strauss 

View original text (without footnotes)

Confirmed with Richard Dehmel, Gesammelte Werke in drei Bänden. Zweiter Band, S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin, 1913, page 35.

1 Goldmark: "erweitet"
2 Strauss: "gab'"
3 Goldmark: "um mich"

Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920), "Befreit", appears in Weib und Welt, first published 1895 [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 Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915), "Befreit", op. 46 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1913 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Befreit", op. 39 (Fünf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1899 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rob. Forberg [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Sílvia Pujalte Piñán) , "Alliberat", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Bevrijd", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Freed", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Libérée", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Liberazione", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 110

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