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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Wechsel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Auf Kieseln im Bache da lieg' ich, wie helle!
Verbreite die Arme der kommenden Welle,
Und buhlerisch drückt sie die sehnende Brust;
Dann führt sie der Leichtsinn im Strome darnieder;
Es naht sich die zweite, sie streichelt mich wieder:
So fühl' ich die Freuden der wechselnden Lust.

Und doch, und so traurig, verschleifst du vergebens,
Die köstlichen Stunden des eilenden Lebens,
Weil dich das geliebteste Mädchen vergißt!
O ruf sie zurücke die vorigen Zeiten!
Es küßt sich so süße die Lippe der Zweiten,
Als kaum sich die Lippe der Ersten geküßt.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Wechsel" [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 (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Wechsel", op. 11 no. 2, published 1876 [ medium voice and piano ], from Junge Leiden : Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775 - 1864), "Wechsel", c1813/4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Oskar Fried (1871 - 1941), "Wechsel", op. 8 no. 3 [ vocal duet with piano ], from Drei zweistimmige Gesänge in Kanonform, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Wechsel", op. 7 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Wechsel", 1835, published 1837 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Wechsel" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Wechsel", published 1809 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Manfred Trojahn (b. 1949), "Wechsel" [ voice and piano ], from 4 Goethe Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Bernhard Theodor Breitkopf.

    • Go to the text. [ view differences ] FRE

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Changement", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 93

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