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by Karoline Louise von Klenke (1754 - 1802)

Myrtil, wenn deine Lippen mich berühren
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
[Myrtil]1, wenn deine Lippen mich berühren,
[Dann]2 will die Lust die Seele mir entführen;
Ich [fühl' ein sanftes]3 namenloses Beben
Den Busen heben.

Mein Auge flammt, Gluth schwebt auf meinen Wangen,
Es schlägt mein Herz ein unbekannt Verlangen,
Mein Geist, verirrt in trunkner Lippen Stammeln
Kann kaum sich sammeln.

Mein Leben hängt in einer solchen Stunde
An Deinem süßen rosenweichen Munde,
Und will bei deinem trauten Armumfassen
Mich fast verlassen.

O! daß es doch nicht ausser sich kann fliehen,
Die Seele ganz in [deine]4 Seele glühen!
Daß doch die Lippen, die [voll]5 Sehnsucht brennen
Sich müssen trennen!

Daß doch im Kuß mein Wesen nicht zerfliesset 
Wenn es so fest an deinen Mund sich schliesset, 
Und an dein Herz, das [nimmer]6 laut darf wagen 
Für mich zu schlagen!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Schubert 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von C. L. v. Klenke, geb. Karschin. Berlin, 1788, pages 193-194.

Note: First published anonymously in a different version in Iris. Dritter Band. Düsseldorf 1775, see below.

1 Schubert: "O du"
2 Schubert: "So"
3 Schubert: "fühle tief ein"
4 Schubert: "deiner"
5 Schubert: "vor"
6 Schubert: "niemals"

Text Authorship:

  • by Karoline Louise von Klenke (1754 - 1802), "An Myrtil", first published 1775 [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 Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Heimliches Lieben", op. 106 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, D 922 (1827), published 1828 [ voice, piano ], Lithographisches Institut, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Ludwig Abeille, Philipp Christoph Kayser.

    • Go to the text. [ view differences ] ENG

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (David Gordon) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: David Gordon , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 134

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