Wehe, so willst du mich wieder

Wehe, so willst du mich wieder,
Hemmende Fessel, umfangen?
Auf, und hinaus in die Luft!
Ströme der Seele Verlangen,
Ström' es in brausende Lieder,
Saugend ätherischen Duft!

Strebe dem Wind nur entgegen
Daß er die Wange dir kühle,
Grüße den Himmel mit Lust!
Werden sich bange Gefühle
Im Unermeßlichen regen?
Atme den Feind aus der Brust!

Authorship

by August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796-1835) , no title, from Romanzen und Jugendlieder, no. 18, published 1820

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) , "Wehe, so willst du mich wieder", op. 32 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge) no. 5 (1864).
by Josephine Lang (1815-1880) , "Lied", op. 40 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 4 (1839).
by Georg Vierling (1820-1901) , "Wehe, so willst du", op. 36 (Sieben Gesänge für mittlere Stimme) no. 4, published 1869 [voice and piano], Berlin, W. Müller

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Alas, so you would again", copyright ©
FRE French (Guy Laffaille) , "Hélas, ainsi tu voudrais encore", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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