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Ich suche durch Mühen Meine Gedanken Von Dir zu lenken, Aber sie glühen Zu Dir ohne Wanken, Ich muss Dein gedenken! Wie nach der Sonne verlangen die Reben, [Verlangt]1 mich's nach Dir, meine Sonne, mein Leben!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Rothschild: "So verlangt"
Authorship
- by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Aus dem nachlasse Mirza Schaffy's: Neues Liederbuch, in 1. Lieder der Liebe, in 1. Vorklänge, no. 6 [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 Heinrich Kahl , "Ich suche durch Mühen", published 1888 [voice and piano], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Ries & Erler [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Eugen Philips , "Ich suche durch Mühen", op. 27 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1894 [medium voice and piano], Leipzig, Junne [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Ich suche durch Mühen", op. 15 (Neun Lieder aus den Gedichten des Mirza Schaffy von Bodenstedt) no. 8, published 1879 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild (1832 - 1924), "Ich muss dein gedenken", published 1887 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 11, Mainz, Schott [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Walter-Choinanus, né Ernst Walter , "Ich muss dein gedenken", op. 20, Heft 1 no. 2 [voice and piano], from Liebesglück und Liebesleid. Zwölf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 2, München, Jos. Aibl Verlag [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I seek through labour", copyright © 2012
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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 36
I seek through labour to lead my thoughts away from you, but they smolder on you without wavering: I must think about you! Just as vines crave sunlight, so I crave you, my sun, my life!
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Aus dem nachlasse Mirza Schaffy's: Neues Liederbuch, in 1. Lieder der Liebe, in 1. Vorklänge, no. 6
This text was added to the website: 2012-11-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 36