Tu m'es restée fidèle le plus longtemps

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Du bliebest mir treu am längsten

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Du bliebest mir treu am längsten,
Und hast dich für mich verwendet,
Und hast mir Trost gespendet
In meinen Nöten und Ängsten.

Du gabest mir Trank und Speise,
Und hast mir Geld geborget,
Und hast mich mit Wäsche versorget,
Und mit dem Paß für die Reise.

Mein Liebchen! daß Gott dich behüte,
Noch lange, vor Hitz und vor Kälte,
Und daß er dir nimmer vergelte
Die mir erwiesene Güte!

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 132.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 27 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Lyrisches Intermezzo -- 27", 2003 [sung text not yet checked]
by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Du bliebest mir treu am längsten", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Frühlingzyklus, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , appears in The Poems of Heine Complete, first published 1861
FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 27, first published 1827
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-03-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

Tu m'es restée fidèle le plus longtemps

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

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Tu m'es restée fidèle le plus longtemps,
Et tu es intervenue en ma faveur,
Et tu m'as apporté la consolation
Dans mes heures de détresse et d'anxiété.

Tu me donnas le boire et le manger,
Et tu m'as prêté de l'argent,
Tu as pris soin de mon linge
Et fourni un passeport pour le voyage.

Ma chérie, que Dieu te protège
Encore longtemps du chaud et du froid,
Et que jamais plus il ne te récompense,
Toi qui me dispensas du bien.

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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. 27
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 82