by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by James Thomson (1834 - 1882)
Die Lotosblume ängstigt
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die Lotosblume ängstigt Sich vor der Sonne Pracht Und mit gesenktem Haupte Erwartet sie träumend die Nacht. Der Mond, der ist ihr Buhle Er weckt sie mit seinem Licht, Und ihm entschleiert sie freundlich Ihr frommes Blumengesicht, Sie blüht und glüht und leuchtet Und starret stumm in die Höh'; Sie duftet und weinet und zittert Vor Liebe und Liebesweh.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 119.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 10 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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The Lotus‑flower doth languish
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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
The Lotus-flower doth languish Beneath the sun's fierce light; With drooping head she waiteth All dreamily for night. The Moon is her true lover, He wakes her with his glance: To him she unveils gladly Her gentle countenance. She blooms and glows and brightens, Intent on him above, Exhaling, weeping, trembling, With ever-yearning love.
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- by James Thomson (1834 - 1882), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 59, first published 1887 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 10
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