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Auf den Wällen Salamankas sind die Lüfte lind und labend; dort, mit meiner holden Donna, wandle ich am Sommerabend. Um den schlanken Leib der Schönen hab ich meinen Arm gebogen, und mit selgem Finger fühl ich ihres Busens stolzes Wogen. Doch ein ängstliches Geflüster zieht sich durch die Lindenbäume, und der dunkle Mühlbach unten murmelt böse, bange Träume. "Ach, Señora, Ahnung sagt mir: Einst wird man mich relegieren, und auf Salamankas Wällen gehn wir nimmermehr spazieren."
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Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 80 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Blagoje Bersa (1873 - 1934), "Auf den Wällen Salamankas" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Swan Hennessy (1866 - 1929), "Auf den Wällen Salamankas", op. 42 (Trois chansons espagnoles) no. 2, published 1921 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris : E. Demets
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Auf den Wällen Salamankas", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 80 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 76
Sur les murs de Salamanque L'air est doux et rafraîchissant; Là-bas avec ma gracieuse doña, Je me promène les soirs d'été. Autour du svelte corps de la belle J'ai enroulé mon bras Et de mes doigts ravis je sens La fière ondulation de sa poitrine. Pourtant un chuchotement craintif Se faufile parmi les tilleuls, Et le sombre chenal en-bas Murmure de mauvais rêves angoissants. "Ah, señora1, un pressentiment me dit: Un jour on me renverrra, Et sur les murs de Salamanque Nous n'irons plus jamais nous promener."
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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. 80
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 89