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Frauen-Liebe und Leben (A Woman's Love and Life) is a cycle of poems by Adelbert von Chamisso, written in 1830. They describe the course of a woman's love for her man, from her point of view, from first meeting through marriage to his death, and after. Selections were set to music as a song-cycle by masters of German Lied, namely Carl Loewe (1836), Franz Lachner (c1839), and Robert Schumann (1840). The setting by Schumann (his opus 42) is now the most widely known.
There are nine lyrics in the cycle, to which Chamisso gave the title Frauen-Liebe und Leben. It was first published in 1830, and twice in 1831 in the first editions of his poetry, and of his complete works. (from Wikipedia)

1. 'Seit ich ihn gesehen' ("Since I saw him")
2. 'Er, der Herrlichste von allen' ("He, the noblest of all")
3. 'Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben' ("I cannot grasp or believe it")
4. 'Du Ring an meinem Finger' ("You ring upon my finger")
5. 'Helft mir, ihr Schwestern' ("Help me, sisters")
6. 'Süßer Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an' ("Sweet friend, you gaze")
7. 'An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust' ("At my heart, at my breast")
8. 'Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan' ("Now you have caused me pain for the first time")

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