by Apollonius August, Freiherr von Maltitz (1795 - 1870)
Nimm, was Götter nur verstehen!
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Nimm, was Götter nur verstehen! Nimm der Liebe ganzen Schmerz! Nimm, was Götter nicht verschmähen, Nimm ein ganz zerrissnes Herz!
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Confirmed with Gedichte von A. von Maltitz, Erster Band, München: Druck von Georg Franz, 1838, page 73.
Text Authorship:
- by Apollonius August, Freiherr von Maltitz (1795 - 1870), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Namenlose, no. 21, München: Georg Franz, first published 1838 [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Namenlos", alternate title: "Namenloses", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6 (1838), published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Europa, Chronik der gebildeten Welt, Heft 14 (1841), Mainz, Antwerpen, und Brüssel: B. Schott's Söhne (1847) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Nameless", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2006-12-04
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