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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Sie saugt mit Gier verrätrisches...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Sie saugt mit Gier verrätrisches Getränke
Unabgesetzt, vom ersten Zug verführt;
Sie fühlt sich wohl, und längst sind die Gelenke
Der zarten Beinchen schon paralysiert,
Nicht mehr gewandt, die Flügelchen zu putzen,
Nicht mehr geschickt, das Köpfchen aufzustutzen -
Das Leben so sich im Genuß verliert.
Zum Stehen kaum wird noch das Füßchen taugen;
So schlürft sie fort, und mitten unterm Saugen
Umnebelt ihr der Tod die tausend Augen.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Pepping 

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Confirmed with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Sämmtliche Werke, Vol. I, Paris, Tétot Frères, 1836, p. 133.
Also titled "Fliegentod" in some editions.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Goethe's Werke. Vollständige Ausgabe, letzter Hand, Band III, in 6. Parabolisch, no. 6 [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 Ernst Pepping (1901 - 1981), "Fliegentod", 1946, published 1949 [ voice and piano ], from Haus- und Trostbuch, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wendelin Weißheimer (1838 - 1910), "Fliegentod" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 68

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