Rastlose Liebe

[Dem]1 Schnee, [dem]1 Regen,
Dem Wind entgegen,
Im Dampf der Klüfte
Durch Nebeldüfte,
Immer zu! Immer zu!
Ohne Rast und Ruh!

Lieber durch Leiden
[Möcht]2 ich mich schlagen,
Als so viel Freuden
Des Lebens ertragen.

Alle das Neigen
[Von]3 Herzen zu Herzen,
Ach, wie so eigen
Schaffet [das]4 Schmerzen!

Wie soll ich [fliehen?]5
Wälderwärts [ziehen?]6
[Alles]7 vergebens!
Krone des Lebens,
Glück ohne Ruh,
Liebe, bist du!

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Rastlose Liebe", 1776

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

by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847-1907) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 60 no. 4, published 1903. [voice and piano]
by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) , "Rastlose Liebe", H. 149, B. 527 (1800-10), fragment
by Victor Bendix (1851-1926) , "Rastlose Liebe", 1881-5.
by August Leopold Crelle (1780-1855) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 3 (Zehn Gesänge am Fortepiano) no. 10 (1813/4), published 1867.
by Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775-1864) , "Rastlose Liebe", c1813/4.
by Max (Traugott Maximillian) Eberwein (1775-1831) , "Rastlose Liebe", 1826, published 1850.
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1864.
by Luise Greger (1862-1944) , "Rastlose Liebe"
by August Harder (1775-1813) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 11 (Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 5 (1806).
by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765-1814) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 21 no. 2.
by Otto Jahn (1813-1869) , "Rastlose Liebe"
by Johann Christoph Kienlen (1783-1829) , "Rastlose Liebe", published 1810, from Zwölf Lieder von Goethe, no. 7.
by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823-1903) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 69 (Vier Gedichte von Goethe) no. 4, published 1882. [men's chorus]
by Bernhard (Joseph) Klein (1793-1832) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 41 (Vier Gedichte von Goethe) no. 3 (1830), published 1832.
by Conradin Kreutzer (1780-1849) , "Rastlose Liebe", published 1825? [two voices and piano]
by Daniel Friedrich Rudolph Kuhlau (1786-1832) , "Rastlose Liebe", c1830.
by Ignaz von Mosel (1772-1844) , "Rastlose Liebe", published c1820/1 [voice and piano], from Sechs Gedichte, no. 5.
by (Carl) Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai (1810-1849) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 23.
by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822-1882) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 98 no. 23 (1855-63), from Sanges-Frühling, no. 23.
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Rastlose Liebe", published 1794.
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Rastlose Liebe", published 1808.
by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798-1859) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 53 no. 1.
by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 19a no. 5 (1909).
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 5 no. 1, D. 138 (1815), published 1821.
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 33 no. 5 (1840).
by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811-1891) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 9.
by Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774-1850) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 58 no. 1 (1815?)
by Ernest Vietor (fl. 1905-1930) , "Rastlose Liebe", op. 10 no. 5 (1933).
by Karl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) , "Rastlose Liebe", 1812.

ENG English (Lynn Thompson)
ITA Italian (Vittorio Fellegara)
SPA Spanish (unknown or anonymous translator)
DUT Dutch [singable] (Lau Kanen)
ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring)
FRE French (Guy Laffaille)

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Restless love

Through rain, through snow,
Through tempest go!
'Mongst streaming caves,
O'er misty waves,
On, on! still on!
Peace, rest have flown!
 
Sooner through sadness
I'd wish to be slain,
Than all the gladness
Of life to sustain
All the fond yearning
That heart feels for heart,
Only seems burning
To make them both smart.
 
How shall I fly?
Forestwards hie?
Vain were all strife!
Bright crown of life.
Turbulent bliss, --
Love, thou art this!

by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1826-1911) , "Restless love", published 1853

a text in German by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) , "Rastlose Liebe", 1776 DUT ITA FRE SPA

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

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Date added to the website: 2008-04-16.