Suleika und Hatem | An des lustgen Brunnens Rand

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

An des lustgen Brunnens Rand

Language: German (Deutsch)

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Suleika
 An des lustgen Brunnens Rand,
 Der in Wasserfäden spielt,
 Wußt ich nicht, was fest mich hielt;
 Doch da war von deiner Hand
 Meine Chiffer leis gezogen,
 Niederblickt ich, dir gewogen.

 Hier, am Ende des Kanals
 Der gereihten Hauptallee,
 Blick ich wieder in die Höh,
 Und da seh ich abermals
 Meine Lettern fein gezogen:
 Bleibe! bleibe mir gewogen!

Hatem
 Möge Wasser springend, wallend
 Die Zypressen dir gestehn:
 Von Suleika zu Suleika
 Ist mein Kommen und mein Gehn.

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• L. Dallapiccola

L. Dallapiccola sets stanza 3

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Text Authorship:

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1815, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 8. Buch Suleika -- Suleika Nameh [author's text not yet checked 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 Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975), "Möge Wasser, springend, wallend", 1953, stanza 3, from Goethe-Lieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
misattributed to Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) and by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Suleika und Hatem", op. 8 (Zwölf Gesänge [note: this is Felix Mendelssohn's opus, in which three songs were composed by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel]) no. 12 (1825), published 1828 [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], note: this was first published under Felix Mendelssohn's name [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hans Huber (1852 - 1921), "An des lustigen Brunnens Rand", op. 69 no. 7, published 1883 [ SATB quartet and piano four-hands ], from Aus Goethe's west-östlichem Divan. Zehn Quartette für S., A., T. und B. mit vierhändiger Pianofortebegleitung, no. 7, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Suleika und Hatem", op. 19b no. 2 (1915) [ voice and piano ], from Lieder aus dem Westöstlichen Diwan von Goethe, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 75