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Es muß was Wunderbares sein

Language: German

Es muß [was]1 Wunderbares sein
Ums Lieben zweier Seelen,
Sich schließen ganz einander ein,
Sich nie ein Wort verhehlen,
Und Freud und Leid und Glück und Not
So mit einander tragen;
Vom ersten Kuß bis in den Tod
Sich nur von Liebe sagen.



Translation(s): ENG FIN ENG RUS FRE

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1 Liszt: "ein"

Authorship

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

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
    * ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "It must be a wonderful thing", copyright ©
    * FIN Finnish (Erkki Pullinen) , title unknown, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
    * ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "A wondrous rapture must it be"
    * RUS Russian (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , title unknown
    * FRE French (Guy Laffaille) , "Ce doit être une chose merveilleuse", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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