Wer sehen will zween lebendige Brunnen

Wer sehen will zween lebendige Brunnen,
Der soll mein' zwei betrübte Augen seh'n,
Die mir vor Weinen schier sind ausgerunnen.

Wer sehen will viel groß' und tiefe Wunden,
Der soll mein sehr verwund'tes Herz besehen,
So hat mich Liebe verwund't im tiefsten Grunde.

Authorship

from Folk poetry or song tradition (Volkslieder) , no title, from Des Knaben Wunderhorn, in Liebesklagen des Mädchens, no. 6

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) , "Liebesklage des Mädchens", op. 48 (Sieben Lieder) no. 3, published 1868 [voice and piano], Berlin, Simrock
by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845-1915) , "Verwundet", op. 34 no. 7, published 1884 [vocal duet for alto and middle voice with piano], from Gestalten und Erinnerungen, no. 7, Berlin, Luckhardt
by Walter Courvoisier (1875-1931) , "Wer sehen will zween lebendige Brunnen", op. 23 (Sieben alte deutsche Gedichte) no. 6. [voice and piano]
by (Isador) George Henschel (1850-1934) , "Liebesklagen des Mädchens II", op. 24 no. 2, published 1875 [voice and piano], from Thüringer Waldblumen (II. Folge): Lieder im Volkston mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, Breitkopf
by Ludwig Rottenberg (1864-1932) , "Klage", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1888 [voice and piano], Wien. Rebay & Robitschek
by Erich J. Wolff (1874-1913) , "Wer sehen will zween lebendige Brunnen", Lieder no. 56, published 1914.

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Who wishes to see two living fountains", copyright ©
FRE French (Guy Laffaille) , "Plainte d'amour de la jeune fille", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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