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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs
Nimmersatte Liebe
Language: German (Deutsch)
So ist die Lieb'! So ist die Lieb'! Mit Küßen nicht zu stillen : Wer ist der Tor und will ein Sieb Mit eitel Wasser füllen? Und schöpfst du an die tausend Jahr; Und küßest ewig, ewig gar, Du tust ihr nie zu Willen. Die Lieb', die Lieb' hat alle Stund' Neu wunderlich Gelüsten; Wir bißen uns die Lippen wund, Da wir uns heute küßten. Das Mädchen hielt in guter Ruh', Wie's Lämmlein unter'm Messer; Ihr Auge bat: nur immer zu, Je weher, desto beßer! So ist die Lieb', und war auch so, Wie lang es Liebe giebt, Und anders war Herr Salomo, Der Weise, nicht verliebt.
Text Authorship:
- by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Nimmersatte Liebe" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Eugen (Francis Charles) d'Albert (1864 - 1932), "Nimmersatte Liebe", op. 21 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942), "Nimmersatte Liebe", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 1 no. 19 (1939) [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Flury (1896 - 1967), "Nimmersatte Liebe" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Valentin Heuß (1877 - 1934), "Nimmersatte Liebe" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Tobias Hiller (b. 1966), "Nimmersatte Liebe", 2004 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from Musikalische Mörike-Kommentare, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (1863 - 1932), "Nimmersatte Liebe", op. 87 (Drei Duette für Alt oder Mezzosopran und Bariton mit Klavier) no. 3 [ vocal duet for alto or mezzo-soprano and baritone with piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Mieg (1906 - 1990), "Nimmersatte Liebe", 1985, published 1999, from Drei Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Manfred Schlenker (1926 - 2023 ), "Nimmersatte Liebe", published 2005 [ chorus ], from Sechs Mörike-Chorlieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Nimmersatte Liebe" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Nimmersatte Liebe", op. 89b (Vier Gesänge im Volkston) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Nimmersatte Liebe", from Mörike-Lieder, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Amor insaciable", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Insatiable love", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Amour insatiable", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Stéphane Goldet) (Pierre de Rosamel) , "Amour jamais assouvi", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Amore insaziabile", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Pupillo) , "Amore mai sazio", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 106
Insatiable love
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Thus is love! Thus is love! It cannot be satiated with kisses: Who is such a fool as to try to fill A sieve with nothing but water? And if you scooped water for a thousand years; And kissed for ever and ever, You would never manage to satisfy love. Love, love has strange new yearnings Every hour of the day; We wounded our lips with bites When we kissed each other today. The maiden held perfectly still, Like a little lamb under the knife; Her eyes pleaded: just continue, The more it hurts, the better! Thus is love, and has been thus As long as there has been love, And Solomon, the wise one, was Not in love any differently.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875), "Nimmersatte Liebe"
This text was added to the website: 2016-02-08
Line count: 19
Word count: 121