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Soll ich ihn lieben, Soll ich ihn [hassen]1, Dem sich mein Herz schon heimlich ergab? Soll ich mich üben, Recht ihn zu hassen? Rate mir gut, doch rate nicht ab! Wild ist er freilich, Heftig von Sitten, Keiner begreift es, wie lieb ich ihn hab'. Aber so heilig Kann er auch bitten -- Rate mir gut, doch rate nicht ab! Reichere könnt' ich, Weisere haben; Gut ist im Leben ein sicher Stab. Keiner doch gönnt' ich Den wilden Knaben -- Rate mir gut, doch rate nicht ab! Laß ich von schlimmer Wahl mich betören, Besser, ich legte mich gleich ins Grab. Klug ist es immer, Auf Rat zu hören -- Rate mir gut, doch rate nicht ab!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Fielitz: "lassen"
Authorship
- by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Jugendlieder, in Mädchenlieder, no. 5 [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 Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Soll ich ihn lieben", op. 40 no. 7, published 1895 [ high voice and piano ], from Acht Mädchenlieder von Paul Heyse, no. 7, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "Soll ich ihn lieben", op. 61 no. 6, published 1881 [ high voice and piano ], from Mädchenlieder, no. 6, Zürich, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by D. Melamet , "Mädchenfrage", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1891 [ soprano and piano ], Berlin, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Guter Rath", op. 19 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Schumann (1866 - 1952), "Soll ich ihn lieben?", op. 35 no. 5, published 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Mädchenlieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 5, Leipzig, F. E. C. Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Semon, M. D. (1849 - 1921), "Soll ich ihn lieben", op. 7 (Sieben Lieder) no. 4, published 1881 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benno Stolzenberg (1827 - 1908), "Soll ich ihn lieben", op. 18 (Fünf Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1884 [ soprano and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Should I love him or should I leave him", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 114
Should I love him or should I leave him, he to whom my heart has already secretly yielded? Should I teach myself to hate him deeply? Advise me well but do not dissuade me! To be sure he is wild and short-tempered in manner - no one can understand how I can like him so well. But so saintly he can be when he begs! Advise me well but do not dissuade me! I could have a man more wealthy, or more intelligent; it is good in life to have a reliable staff. But I will not give up my wild boy to anyone... Advise me well but do not dissuade me! If I let myself remain infatuated with a bad selection, it would be better if I simply laid myself in the grave. It is always intelligent to heed advice... Advise me well but do not dissuade me!
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Jugendlieder, in Mädchenlieder, no. 5
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 149