Liebst du um Schönheit

Liebst du um Schönheit,
O nicht mich liebe! 
Liebe die Sonne,
Sie trägt ein gold'nes Haar!

Liebst du um Jugend,
O nicht mich liebe!
Liebe den Frühling,
Der jung ist jedes Jahr! 

Liebst du um Schätze,
O nicht mich liebe. 
Liebe die Meerfrau,
[Die]1 hat viel Perlen klar.

Liebst du um Liebe,
O ja, mich liebe!
Liebe mich immer, 
Dich lieb' ich immerdar.

by Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866) , no title

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

by César Antonovich Cui (1835-1918) , "Liebst du um Schönheit?", op. 37 (Drei Lieder) no. 3, published 1887? [voice and piano], St. Petersburg: A. Büttner / Hamburg: D. Rahter
by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) , "Liebst du um Schönheit", 1901-2, published 1905, from Fünf Rückertlieder, no. 2.
by Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824-1910) , "Liebst du um Schönheit", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6 (1844/5). [voice and piano]
by Hermann Reutter (1900-1985) , "Liebst du um Schönheit", op. 54 (Vier Lieder) no. 2, published 1941.
by Clara Schumann, née Wieck (1819-1896) , "Liebst du um Schönheit", op. 12 (Liebesfrühling) no. 4.

by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) , "O net! Za krasotu ty ne ljubi menja", 1886-7 [high voice and piano], from Dve pesni, no. 1, unfinished

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SPA Spanish (Elena María Accinelli)
FRE French (Pierre Mathé)

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