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Liebe schwärmt auf allen Wegen

by Franz Schubert

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Liebe schwärmt auf allen Wegen
German source: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Liebe schwärmt auf allen Wegen;
Treue wohnt für sich allein.
Liebe kommt euch rasch entgegen;
Aufgesucht will Treue sein.

Love Roses Everywhere
English translation © Richard Wigmore

Love roves everywhere;
constancy lives alone.
Love comes rushing towards you;
constancy must be sought.

Liebe schwärmt auf allen Wegen
German source: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Love Roses Everywhere
English source: Richard Wigmore

Liebe schwärmt auf allen Wegen;
Love roves everywhere;
Treue wohnt für sich allein.
constancy lives alone.
Liebe kommt euch rasch entgegen;
Love comes rushing towards you;
Aufgesucht will Treue sein.
constancy must be sought.

Composer

Franz Schubert

Franz Peter Schubert was an late Classical and early Romantic composer. He produced a vast oeuvre during his short life, composing more the 600 vocal works (largely Lieder), and well as several symphonies, operas, and a large body of piano music. He…

Poet

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on…

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