Ich hab' ein Liebchen lieb recht von Herzen,
Hellfrische Augen hat's wie zwei Kerzen,
Und wo sie spielend streifen das Feld,
Ach, wie so lustig glänzet die Welt!

Wie in der Waldnacht [zwischen den Schlüften]1
Plötzlich die Täler sonnig sich klüften,
Funkeln die Ströme, rauscht himmelwärts
Blühende Wildnis - so ist mein Herz!

Wie vom [Gebirge]2 ins Meer zu schauen,
Wie wenn der Seefalk, hangend im Blauen,
Zuruft der dämmernden [Erd']3, wo sie blieb? -
So unermesslich ist rechte Lieb'!

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¹ Rezniček: "zwischen Schlüften"
² Zöllner: "Gebirg'"
³ Rezniček: "Erde"

Text Authorship:

• by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der Glückliche", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und 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 Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Der Glückliche", op. posth. 88 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 2 (1843), published c1850 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Emil Nikolaus von Rezniček (1860 - 1945), "Der Glückliche" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894), "Der Glückliche", op. 12 (Drei Lieder für 4 Männerstimmen) no. 2, published 1841 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Liebesglück", 1886-8 [ voice and piano ], from Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Heinrich Zöllner (1854 - 1941), "Liebesglück", op. 44 (4 Lieder) no. 3 [ TTBB chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Felicitat d'amor", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Happiness in love", copyright ©
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Bonheur de l'amour", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Felicità d'amore", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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