by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation Singable translation by John Sullivan Dwight (1813 - 1893)
Die du bist so schön und rein
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
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!
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View original text (without footnotes)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.
1 Franz: "wonnevolles"Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Minnegruß", appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1812-1827, no. 14 [author's text checked 1 time 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 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]
- by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Wonnevolles Mägdelein", op. 59 no. 8, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], from Am Wege : Zwölf Lieder, no. 8, Leipzig: C.F. Leede [sung text not yet checked]
- 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]
- 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]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "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]
- 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]
- by Andrés Isasi Linares (1890 - 1940), "Liedchen", op. 16 (Poemas de H. Heine) no. 7 (1913), published 1913 [sung text not yet checked]
- 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]
- by Edward Nicholls , "Die du bist so schön und rein", published 1907, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- 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]
- 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]
- by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Minnegruß", op. 24 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, C. Dieckmann [sung text not yet checked]
- 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]
- by Leander 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]
- by Edmond Snell (1879 - ?), "Die du bist so schön und rein", from Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 1 (124 liederen : 1925-1969) no. 69 (1943), published 1972 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Minnegruß", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Zweites Lieder-Album, no. 7, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Winkelmann , "Huldigung" [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed 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"
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 69
Thou that art so pure and bright
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Thou that art so pure and bright, Maiden full of all delight, To thy service only might I my whole of life indite! O! thy sweet eyes shine with light Milder than the moon’s by night; Roses red and lilies white In thy cheeks their charms unite. And from thy small mouth invite Pearly rows of dazzling white; But the gem of purest light In thy breast is hid from sight. Holy lore alone so might Heart and soul, possess me quite Ever since you met my sight Maiden full of all delight!
Note: from the Franz edition.
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by John Sullivan Dwight (1813 - 1893), "Thou that art so pure and bright" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Minnegruß", appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1812-1827, no. 14
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-07-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 93