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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Behandelt die Frauen mit Nachsicht!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Behandelt die Frauen mit Nachsicht!
Aus krummer Rippe ward sie erschaffen,
Gott konnte sie nicht ganz grade machen.
Willst du sie biegen, sie bricht;

Läßt du sie ruhig, sie wird noch krümmer;
Du guter Adam, was ist denn schlimmer? -
Behandelt die Frauen mit Nachsicht:
Es ist nicht gut, daß euch eine Rippe bricht. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 4. Buch der Betrachtungen -- Tefkir Nameh [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 Georg Gerson (1790 - 1825), "Impromptu", G. 190 [ vocal trio for male voices ], from Lieder für 3 Männerstimmen, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Behandelt die Frauen mit Nachsicht", op. 94 (Vier Lieder zu Gedichten von Goethe) no. 3, published 1932 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 53

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