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by Adolf Faber (flourished c1861)

So viele tausend Grüsse
Language: German (Deutsch) 
So [viele]1 tausend Grüsse, 
als Stern' am Himmel stehn,
so [viele]1 tausend Küsse,
als Zephyrlüfte weh'n,
send' ich zu dir, mein Leben,
ob noch so fern ich wär,
daß sie dir Kunde geben,
wie mir das Herz so schwer.

Und weisst du, wie viel Sterne
am Himmelszelt auch stehn,
und wie aus blauer Ferne
viel tausend Lüfte weh'n,
und [wenn]2 sie alle tragen
den Gruss zu dir [herab]3,
sie können dir doch nicht sagen,
wie ich so lieb dich hab'.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Abt 

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Confirmed with Adolf Faber, Gedichte, Braunschweig: H. Neuhoff, 1861, page 34. Appears in Lenz und Liebe.

1 Abt: "viel"
2 Abt: "wie"
3 Abt: "hinab"

Text Authorship:

  • by Adolf Faber (flourished c1861), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Lenz und Liebe [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "So viel tausend Grüsse", op. 195 (4 Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Peter Donderwinkel , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 85

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