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by Robert Hamerling (1830 - 1889)

O gib die Seele mir zurück,"
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
"O gib die Seele mir zurück,"
Klagt ich, "die du geraubt!"
Da neigte sie, o Wonneglück,
Zu mir ihr lockig Haupt.
Sie lächelte: "Doch sage mir,
Wo nimmt sie wohl den Weg?"
"O komm," sprach ich, "ich zeige dir
Der Seelen Purpursteg!

Berühre mit der Lippe leis'
Und linde meinen Mund!"
Sie that's, - da flammte glühend heiß,
Ein Kuß aus Herzensgrund:
Und eine Seele zog berauscht
Ins Herz im Kuße mir -
Doch war's die ihre, holdvertauscht,
Die meine bleib bei ihr!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Hamerling (1830 - 1889), no title [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 Ignaz Brüll (1846 - 1907), "O gieb die Seele mir zurück", op. 78 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Langensalza, Beyer & Söhne [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ernst Ludwig (1852 - 1925), "O gib die Seele mir zurück", published 1880 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien, Rättig [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-08-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 81

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