by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Mortal, do not mock the devil
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 36
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alfred Heller (b. 1931), "Mortal, do not mock the devil", 1957
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Emma Lazarus (1849 - 1887) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881 FRE ; composed by Constantin Silvestri.
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