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Nun hast du alles mir gegeben, Was [dir verblieb]1, Und flüsterst nur noch unter Beben: Behalt mich lieb! Nun lös' ich leise dir die Hände Und atme kaum -- O Wunder du ohn' alles Ende . . . . O Märchentraum!
Confirmed with Meine Welt. Gedichte von Kurt Holm (1880-1899), Berlin: Verlag von S. Calvary & Co., 1900, page 91.
1 von Procházka: "mir noch blieb"Authorship
- by Benno Kähler (b. 1871), as Kurt Holm, "Liebestraum", appears in Meine Welt, in Meine Sultanin, first published 1900 [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 Rudolph, Freiherr von Procházka (1864 - 1936), "Liebestraum", op. 18 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 8 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Dream of love", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 40
Now you have given me everything That [you still had]1, And, trembling, you now only whisper: Keep on loving me! Now I gently loosen your hands for you And scarcely breathe -- Oh you wonder without any end . . . . Oh fairy-tale dream!
1 von Procházka: "I still had"
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Benno Kähler (b. 1871), as Kurt Holm, "Liebestraum", appears in Meine Welt, in Meine Sultanin, first published 1900
This text was added to the website: 2020-03-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 44