Das Mädchen (Schlegel, set by F. Schubert) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Wie so innig, möcht ich sagen,
Sich der Meine mir ergiebt,
Um zu lindern meine Klagen,
Daß er nicht so innig liebt.

Will ich's sagen, so entschwebt es;
Wären Töne mir verliehen,
Flöß' es hin in Harmonien
Denn in jenen Tönen lebt es.

Nur die Nachtigall kann sagen,
Wie er innig sich mir giebt,
Um zu lindern meine Klagen,
Daß er nicht so innig liebt.

Input by Martin-Beatus Meier

Authorship

Friedrich von Schlegel (1772-1829)

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

Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

ENG

English

DUT

Dutch

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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