Die Mitternacht war [kalt]1 und stumm; Ich irrte klagend im Wald herum. Ich habe die Bäum aus dem Schlaf gerüttelt; Sie haben mitleidig die Köpfe geschüttelt.
Vier Lieder , opus 6
by H. Zwicky
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Language: German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 61
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- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 61, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 165.
1 Gus: "so kalt"; further changes may exist not shown above.