In welche soll ich mich verlieben

In welche soll ich mich verlieben,
Da beide liebenswürdig sind?
Ein schönes Weib ist noch die Mutter,
Die Tochter ist ein schönes Kind.

Die weißen, unerfahrnen Glieder,
Sie sind so rührend anzusehn!
Doch reizend sind geniale Augen,
Die unsre Zärtlichkeit verstehn.

Es gleicht mein Herz dem grauen Freunde,
Der zwischen zwei Gebündel Heu
Nachsinnlich grübelt, welch' von beiden
Das allerbeste Futter sei.

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• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Yolante und Marie, no. 2 [ 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 Richard Farber (b. 1945), "In welche soll ich mich verlieben?", 2008 [voice and piano], from Yolante und Marie, no. 2. [
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• by Don Forsythe (b. 1932), "In welche soll ich mich verlieben?", 2007, published c2007-8 [high voice and piano], from Verschiedene : vol. 2, Clarisse-Tragödie, no. 7. [
   text not verified 
  ]

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• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "With which one shall I fall in love?", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2008-10-23.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:58
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With which one shall I fall in love?

With which one shall I fall in love,
Since both are lovable?
The mother is still a beautiful woman,
The daughter is a beautiful child.

White, inexperienced limbs,
It is so moving to gaze upon them!
Yet brilliant eyes that understand
Our tenderness are ravishing.

My heart is like my grey friend1,
Who, confronted with two bales of hay,
Ruminates and ponders, which of the two
Is the very best to eat.

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¹ i.e., Buridan's ass

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Yolante und Marie, no. 2
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Richard Farber, Don Forsythe. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2013-05-28.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:12
Line count: 12
Word count: 72