No sooner do I have you again

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Allen Shearer

Kaum daß ich dich wieder habe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Kaum daß ich dich wieder habe,
Dich mit Kuß und Liedern labe,
Bist du still in dich gekehret;
Was beengt und drückt und störet?

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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 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 Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975), "Kaum daß ich dich wieder habe", 1953 [ voice and 3 clarinets ], from Goethe-Lieder, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Allen Shearer) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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No sooner do I have you again

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

No sooner do I have you again
And ply you with freshening songs and kisses
Than you silently retreat into yourself.
What is it that confines and presses and disturbs?

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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
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-26
Line count: 4
Word count: 30