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Es liegt eine Krone im grünen Rhein, Gezaubert von Gold und von Edelstein, Und wer sie [erhebet vom]1 tiefem Grund, Den krönt man [zu]2 Aachen in selbiger Stund: Vom Belt bis zur Donau die Lande sind sein, Dem Kaiser der Zukunft, dem Fürsten am Rhein. Es liegt eine Leier im grünen Rhein, Gezaubert von Gold und Elfenbein; Und wer sie [erhebet vom]1 tiefen Grund, Dem strömen die Lieder [vom goldenen]3 Mund. Der Kranz der Unsterblichkeit wartet sein, Des Sängers der Zukunft, des Sängers am Rhein. Ich weiß wo ein Häuschen am grünen Rhein, Umranket von Reblaub die Fensterlein; Drin waltet ein Herz so engelgleich, [So arm am Gold und an Unschuld]4 so reich: Gehörte dies Herz an dem Rheine mir, Ich gäbe die Krone, die Leier dafür.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Dichterstimmen der Gegenwart. Eine Sammlung vom Felde der deutschen Lyrik seit 1850, herausgegeben von Karl Weller, Leipzig: Heinrich Hübner, 1856, page 64
1 Hill: "erhebt aus"2 Hill: "in"
3 Hill: "begeisternd vom"
4 Hill: "An Gold so arm, doch an Tugend"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Dippel (1825 - 1870), "Das Herz am Rheine" [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Das Herz am Rhein", published 1879 [ baritone and four-part men's chorus ], Berlin, Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georg Eduard Goltermann (1824 - 1898), "Das Herz am Rhein", op. 38 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6, published 1863 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Hill (1838 - 1902), "Das Herz am Rhein" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Neuert , "Das Herz am Rhein", op. 63 (Zwei Männerchöre) no. 1 [ men's chorus ], Heidelberg : Karl Hochstein ; note: text has slight variants [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Wolf , "Liebessehnen", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien, Haslinger [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-27
Line count: 18
Word count: 132
A crown lies in the green Rhine, Magically fashioned of gold and jewels, And he who raises it from the depths Shall at that same hour be crowned in Aachen: All the lands from the Belt1 to the Danube are his, The emperor of the future, the prince by the Rhine. A lyre lies in the green Rhine, Magically fashioned of gold and ivory; And for him who raises it from the depths, Songs stream [from his golden]2 lips. The wreath of immortality awaits him, The singer of the future, the singer by the Rhine. I know of a little house somewhere by the green Rhine, Its windows wreathed about with grapevines; Within it presides a heart so like an angel, So poor in gold [and so rich in innocence:]3 If that heart by the Rhine were mine, I would gladly give the crown [and] the lyre for it.
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View original text (without footnotes)Translated titles:
"Das Herz am Rheine" and "Das Herz am Rhein" = "The heart by the Rhine"
"Liebessehnen" = "Yearning of love"
2 Hill: "beguilingly from his"
3 Hill: "but so rich in virtue"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Dippel (1825 - 1870), "Das Herz am Rheine"
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-11
Line count: 18
Word count: 152