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by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857)

Sage mir mein Herz, was willst du?
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Sage mir mein Herz, was willst du?
Unstet schweift dein bunter Will;
Manches andre Herz wohl stillst du,
Nur du selbst wirst niemals still.

»Eben, wenn ich munter singe,
Um die Angst mir zu zerstreun,
Ruh und Frieden manchen bringe,
Daß sich viele still erfreun:

Faßt mich erst recht tief Verlangen
Nach viel andrer, beßrer Lust,
Die die Töne nicht erlangen --
Ach, wer sprengt die müde Brust?«

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Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Wehmut, no. 2 [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 Kiel (1821 - 1885), "Sage mir mein Herz, was willst Du?", op. 31, Heft 1 no. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis. Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin : Bote & Bock; reprinted 1997 by Verlag Dohr, Köln [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-10-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

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