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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Diese schönen Gliedermassen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Diese schönen Gliedermassen
Kolossaler Weiblichkeit
Sind jetzt, ohne Widerstreit,
Meinen Wünschen überlassen.

Wär ich, leidenschaftentzügelt,
Eigenkräftig ihr genaht,
Ich bereute solche Tat!
Ja, sie hätte mich geprügelt.

Welcher Busen, Hals und Kehle!
(Höher seh ich nicht genau.)
Eh ich ihr mich anvertrau,
Gott empfehl ich meine Seele.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Diana, no. 1 [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 Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Diese schönen Gliedermassen " [ voice and piano ], from Diana, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Diese schönen Gliedermassen", 2007, published c2007-8 [ high voice and piano ], from Verschiedene : vol. 1, Seraphine-Hortense, no. 25 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 47

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