by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
Translation Singable translation by Arthur Westbrook
In Liebeslust, in Sehnsuchtsqual
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
In Liebeslust, in Sehnsuchtsqual, O höre mich! Eins sing' ich nur viel tausendmal Und nur für dich! Ich sing' es laut durch Wald und Feld, O höre mich! Ich sing' es durch die ganze Welt: Ich liebe dich! Und träumend noch in stiller Nacht Muß singen ich, Ich singe, wenn mein Aug' erwacht: Ich liebe dich! Und wenn mein [Aug']1 im Tode bricht, O sähst du mich! Du sähst, daß noch [dies]2 Auge spricht: Ich liebe dich!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Liszt: "Herz"
2 Liszt: "mein"
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "In Liebeslust, in Sehnsuchtsqual", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Liebesleben [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "In Liebeslust", op. 296 (4 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "In Liebeslust, in Sehnsuchtsqual", op. 68 (5 Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1855 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Hirsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Maria Kappel von Savenau (1837 - 1916), "In Liebeslust, in Sehnsuchtsqual", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1879 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "In Liebeslust, in Sehnsuchtsqual", op. 4 (8 Lieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben) no. 3, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "In Liebeslust", S. 318 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ödön (Edmund) von Mihalovich (1842 - 1929), "In Liebeslust", published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 3, Pest, Táborszky & Parsch [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Arthur Westbrook) , "In love's delight"
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dans le transport de l'amour", 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: 16
Word count: 79
In love's delight
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
In love's delight, in yearning pain O hear thou me! One song I sing, and sing again; 'Tis all for thee. I sing it loud thro' wood and field, O hear thou me! To all my secret is reveal'd: I love but thee! In dreams I sing it thro' the night, But silently! And still I sing when day is bright, I love but thee! And if my heart were hush'd in death, I'd say to thee, In fading eye, with failing breath. I love but thee!
From the Liszt score.
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Arthur Westbrook , "In love's delight" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "In Liebeslust, in Sehnsuchtsqual", appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in Liebesleben
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 87