Die du bist so schön und rein

Die du bist so schön und rein,
[Wunnevolles]1 Magedein,
Deinem Dienste ganz allein
Möcht' ich wohl mein Leben weihn.

Deine süßen Äugelein
Glänzen mild wie Mondesschein;
Helle Rosenlichter streun
Deine rothen Wängelein.
 
Und aus deinem Mündchen klein
Blinkt's hervor wie Perlenreihn;
Doch den schönsten Edelstein
Hegt dein stiller Busenschrein.
 
Fromme Minne mag es sein,
Was mir drang ins Herz hinein,
Als ich weiland schaute dein,
[Wunnevolles]1 Magedein!

Translation(s): ENG ENG ENG FRE

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Confirmed with Buch der Lieder von Heinrich Heine, Achtundvierzigste Auflage, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, 1882, page 267; in this edition the poem has no title.

Authorship

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Minnegruß", appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1812-1827, no. 14 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Wonnevolles Mägdelein", op. 76 (Zehn leichte Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 8, published 1892 [four-part men's chorus], Leipzig, Hug [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Wonnevolles Mägdelein", op. 59 (Am Wege : Zwölf Lieder) no. 8. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Louis C. de Coppet , "Die du bist so schön und rein", published 18-?, from Sieben Lieder, no. 7, also set in French (Français) [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Leopold Damrosch (1832 - 1885), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 1 no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Don Forsythe (b. 1932), "Die du bist so schön und rein (Minnegruß)", published c2004-5 [low voice and piano], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Sommerzyklus, no. 6. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 37 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1 (1866?), published 1866 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Richard Fricke (1877 - ?), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 3 (Lieder) no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Andrés Isasi Linares (1890 - 1940), "Liedchen", op. 16 (Poemas de H. Heine) no. 7 (1913), published 1913. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 27 no. 4 (1885), published <<1890 [voice and piano], from Sechs ernste Lieder von Heinrich Heine und Paul Heyse, no. 4, Copenhagen, Hofmusikhandelens Forlag [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by M. Natrowski , "Die du bist so schön und rein", from Drei Lieder, no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Edward Nicholls , "Die du bist so schön und rein", published 1907, also set in English [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Alfred Reisenauer (1863 - 1907), "Die du bist so schön und rein", published 1899 [voice and piano], from Sechs Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Berlin, Fürstner [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Josef Reiter (1862 - 1939), "Minnelied", published 1891 [medium voice and piano], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Wien, Krämer [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Minnegruß", op. 24 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5, published c1898. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Louis Samson , "Huldigung", published 1873 [voice and piano], from Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. II. Reihe, Heft IV, no. 4, Dresden, Arnold [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Léandre Schlegel (1844 - 1913), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 20 no. 2 (1900), published 1900 [voice and piano], from Deutsche Liebeslieder. Ein Cyklus für 1 Singstimme und Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Leipzig, Fritzsch [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Edmond Snell (1879 - ?), "Die du bist so schön und rein", from Lieder, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 1 no. 69 (1943), published 1972. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Minnegruß", from Lieder-Album II. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Theodor Winkelmann , "Huldigung" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist FRE by Edward Nicholls.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG ENG ENG by Louis C. de Coppet.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English [singable] (John Sullivan Dwight) , "Thou that art so pure and bright"

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You who are so lovely and pure

You who are so lovely and pure,
Delightful maiden,
To your service alone
I would like to dedicate my life.
 
Your sweet eyes
Shine as mildly as moonlight;
Your red cheeks
Strew bright rosy lights.
 
And from your little mouth
A row of pearls gleams forth;
But the most beautiful precious stone
Is cherished with the silent shrine of your bosom.
 
It may well be devout courtly love
That forced its way into my heart,
When I recently saw you,
Delightful maiden!

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Translated titles:
"Minnegruß" = "Greeting of courtly love"
"Wonnevolles Mägdelein" = "Delightful maiden"
"Die du bist so schön und rein" = "You who are so lovely and pure"
"Liedchen" = "Little song"
"Minnelied" = "Song of courtly love"
"Huldigung" = "Homage"

Authorship

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Minnegruß", appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1812-1827, no. 14 FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Carl Attenhofer, August Bungert, Louis C. de Coppet, Leopold Damrosch, Don Forsythe, Robert Franz, Richard Fricke, Andrés Isasi Linares, Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller, M. Natrowski, Edward Nicholls, Alfred Reisenauer, Josef Reiter, Louis Victor Franz Saar, Louis Samson, Léandre Schlegel, Edmond Snell, Korstiaan Stougie, Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich, Theodor Winkelmann. Go to the text.

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