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O liebliche Wangen, Ihr macht mir Verlangen, Dies rote, dies weiße Zu schauen mit Fleiße. Und dies nur alleine Ist's nicht, [das]1 ich meine; Zu schauen, zu grüssen, Zu rühren, zu küssen! Ihr macht mir Verlangen, O liebliche Wangen! O Sonne der Wonne! O Wonne der Sonne! O Augen, so saugen Das Licht meiner Augen. O englische Sinnen! O himmlisch Beginnen! O Himmel auf Erden, Magst du mir nicht werden, O Wonne der Sonne! O Sonne der Wonne! O Schönste der Schönen! Benimm mir dies Sehnen, Komm, eile, komm, komme, Du süße, du fromme! Ach, Schwester, ich sterbe, Ich sterb', ich verderbe, Komm, [tröste, komm, heile]2, Benimm mir dies Sehnen, O Schönste der Schönen!
1 Brahms: "was"
2 Brahms: "komme, komm, eile"
Authorship:
- by Paul Fleming (1609 - 1640), appears in Geistliche und weltliche Poemata, Jena, first published 1651 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "O liebliche Wangen", op. 47 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4 (1868), published 1868, first performed 1887 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Oh galtes adorables", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "O lieflijke wangen", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "O lovely cheeks", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ô joues adorables", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) , "הו לחיים יפות", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Eduardo Borja Illescas) , "Oh, encantadoras mejillas", copyright © 1982, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 29
Word count: 114
O lovely cheeks, You make me want to Gaze diligently On this red, this white. And this alone Is not what I mean; To behold, to greet, To touch, to kiss! You make me desirous, O lovely cheeks! O sun of ecstasy! O ecstasy of the sun! O eyes, suck The light of my eyes. O angelic thoughts! O heavenly beginnings! O Heaven on earth, May you not become for me, O ecstasy of the sun! O sun of ecstasy! O fairest of the fair! Take away from me this longing, Come, hurry, come, come! You sweet, innocent soul! Ah, sister, I am dying, I am dying, I am ruined, Come, come, come, hurry. Take away from me this longing, O fairest of the fair!
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Fleming (1609 - 1640), appears in Geistliche und weltliche Poemata, Jena, first published 1651
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 29
Word count: 125