Songs
Suleika
Op. 34 no.4
Suleika
Ach, um deine feuchten Schwingen,West, wie sehr ich dich beneide:Denn du kannst ihm Kunde bringenWas ich in der Trennung leide!Die Bewegung deiner FlügelWeckt im Busen stilles Sehnen;Blumen, Auen, Wald und HügelStehn bei deinem Hauch in Tränen.Doch dein mildes sanftes WehenKühlt die wunden Augenlider;Ach, für Leid müßt’ ich vergehen,Hofft’ ich nicht zu sehn ihn wieder.Eile denn zu meinem Lieben,Spreche sanft zu seinem Herzen;Doch vermeid’ ihn zu betrübenUnd verbirg ihm meine Schmerzen. Sag ihm, aber sag’s bescheiden:Seine Liebe sei mein Leben,Freudiges Gefühl von beidenWird mir seine Nähe geben.
Suleika
Ah, West Wind, how I envy youYour moist pinions:For you can bring him wordOf what I suffer away from him!The movement of your wingsWakes silent longing in my heart;Flowers, meadows, woods and hills,Dissolve in tears where you blow.Yet your mild, gentle breezeCools my sore eyelids;Ah, I’d surely die of grief,Did I not hope to see him again.Hurry, then, to my beloved,Whisper softly to his heart;Take care, though, not to sadden him,And hide from him my anguish.Tell him, but tell him humbly:That his love is my life,His presence here will fill meWith happiness in both.
Translations by Richard Wigmore first published by Gollancz and reprinted in the Hyperion Schubert Song Edition
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Composer
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847), brother of Fanny Mendelssohn and grandson of Haskalah and Enlightenment philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies, concertos, piano music and chamber music.
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Poet
Marianne von Willemer was an Austrian actress and dancer best known for her relationship with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and her appearance in his poetry. At the age of 14 she moved to Frankfurt am Main, where she became the third wife of Frankfurt banker Johann Jakob von Willemer. He introduced her to Goethe, who met Marianne in 1814 and 1815. Goethe immortalised her in the Buch Suleika of his late work West-östlicher Diwan; she later revealed that several of its poems were authored by her.
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Suleika
Suleika
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Composer
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847), brother of Fanny Mendelssohn and grandson of Haskalah and Enlightenment philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies, concertos, piano music and chamber music.
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Marianne von Willemer was an Austrian actress and dancer best known for her relationship with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and her appearance in his poetry. At the age of 14 she moved to Frankfurt am Main, where she became the third wife of Frankfurt banker Johann Jakob von Willemer. He introduced her to Goethe, who met Marianne in 1814 and 1815. Goethe immortalised her in the Buch Suleika of his late work West-östlicher Diwan; she later revealed that several of its poems were authored by her.
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