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

ENG English (David Kenneth Smith)
SWE Swedish (Yvonne Helander)
POR Portuguese (Maria Guimarães)
ITA Italian (Amelia Maria Imbarrato)
SPA Spanish (Elena María Accinelli)
FRE French (Pierre Mathé)

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O net! Za krasotu ty ne ljubi menja

O net! Za krasotu 
ty ne ljubi menja
I ne ljubi menja za to,
chto ja zhivu bogato:

Za krasotu ljubi 
sijan'e dnja,
A za bogatstvo -- 
serebro i zlato.

I ne ljubi menja 
za molodost' moju.
Ljubi vesnu, -- 
ona vsjo ta zhe beskonecho.

Menja ljubi za to, 
chto ja ljublju,
I chto ljubit' tebja 
ja budu vechno.

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Note on Transliteration

by Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1858-1915) , no title, 1882

a text in German by Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866) , no title ENG POR SWE 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)

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

Date added to the website: 2008-12-31.