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Suleika An des lustgen Brunnens Rand, Der in Wasserfäden spielt, Wußt ich nicht, was fest mich hielt; Doch da war von deiner Hand Meine Chiffer leis gezogen, Niederblickt ich, dir gewogen. Hier, am Ende des Kanals Der gereihten Hauptallee, Blick ich wieder in die Höh, Und da seh ich abermals Meine Lettern fein gezogen: Bleibe! bleibe mir gewogen! Hatem Möge Wasser springend, wallend Die Zypressen dir gestehn: Von Suleika zu Suleika Ist mein Kommen und mein Gehn.
L. Dallapiccola sets stanza 3
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 8. Buch Suleika -- Suleika Nameh [author's text not yet checked 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 Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975), "Möge Wasser, springend, wallend", 1953, stanza 3, from Goethe-Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- misattributed to Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) and by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Suleika und Hatem", op. 8 (Zwölf Gesänge [note: this is Felix Mendelssohn's opus, in which three songs were composed by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel]) no. 12 (1825), published 1828 [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], note: this was first published under Felix Mendelssohn's name [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "An des lustigen Brunnens Rand", op. 69 no. 7, published 1883 [ SATB quartet and piano four-hands ], from Aus Goethe's west-östlichem Divan. Zehn Quartette für S., A., T. und B. mit vierhändiger Pianofortebegleitung, no. 7, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Suleika und Hatem", op. 19b no. 2 (1915) [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus dem Westöstlichen Diwan von Goethe, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 77
Suleika: By the edge of the merry fountain where filaments of water play, I did not know what was holding me there; but there, by your hand, my name had been tenderly written; I gazed down, thinking of you with fondness. Here, at the end of the canal, on the main avenue, lined with trees, I look up into the heights and there I see once again my letters finely traced. Stay, stay fond of me! Hatem: May the water leape and seethe, and the cypresses avow to you: From Suleika to Suleika is my coming and my going.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 8. Buch Suleika -- Suleika Nameh
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 99