Wahre, wahre deinen Sohn

Wahre, wahre deinen Sohn,
Nachbarin, vor Wehe,
weil ich ihn mit schwarzem Aug'
zu bezaubern gehe.
 
O wie brennt das Auge mir,
das zu Zünden fordert!
Flammet ihm die Seele nicht --
deine Hütte lodert.

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800-1875)

a text in Russian by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]

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) , no title, op. 65 no. 5 (1875), from Neue Liebeslieder, no. 5.
by Robert von Hornstein (1833-1890) , "Wahre, wahre deinen Sohn", op. 51 (22 Lieder) no. 16, published 1885. [voice and piano]

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