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Du bist wie eine Blume So hold und schön und rein; Ich schau' dich an, und Wehmut Schleicht mir ins Herz hinein. Mir ist, als ob ich die Hände Aufs Haupt dir legen sollt', Betend, daß Gott dich erhalte So rein und schön und hold.
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• A. Ander • J. Becker • A. Bruné • N. Burgmüller • G. Chadwick • A. Deprosse • A. Dreyschock • P. Even • R. Förster • M. Hinrichs • F. Kücken • F. Liszt • E. Mayer • G. Molitor • M. de Rothschild • A. Rubinstein • H. von Sahr • A. von Schleinitz • H. Schnaubelt • R. Schumann • E. Steinkühler • L. Thuille • Caroline Sabatier-UngherAbout the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 136.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 47, first published 1825 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 56
You are like a flower, So lovely and fair and pure; I gaze at you and melancholy steals into my heart. It seems to me I ought to place my hands upon your head, praying that God will keep you so pure and fair and lovely.
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• A. Ander • J. Becker • G. Chadwick • A. Dreyschock • E. Mayer • L. ThuilleAbout the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Anbetung" = "Adoration"
"An die Erwählte" = "To the Betrothed One"
"An die Geliebte" = "To the Beloved"
"An eine junges Mädchen" = "To a Young Maiden"
"An ein junges Mädchen" = "To a Young Maiden"
"An mein Kind" = "To my Child"
"An Sie" = "To Her"
"Dein Anblick" = "The Sight of You"
"Des Dichters Gebet" = "The Poet's Prayer"
"Die Blume" = "The Flower"
"Du bist wie eine Blume" = "You are like a Flower"
"Du bist wie eine Blüthe" = "You are like a Blossom"
"Du bist wie eine Rose" = "You are like a Rose"
"Du bist wie eine taufrische Blume" = "You are like a Dew-fresh Flower"
"Duett" = "Duet"
"Intermezzo" = "Intermezzo"
"Liebeslied" = "Love Song"
"Lied" = "Song"
"Lied von H. Heine" = "Song by Heine"
"Preghiera" = "Prayer"
"Romanze" = "Romance"
"Segen" = "Blessing"
"Sehnen" = "Longing"
"Sehnsucht" = "Longing"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2012 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 47, first published 1825
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This text was added to the website: 2012-10-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 52