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Heft 2 -- 8. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne,
Die liebt' ich einst alle in Liebeswonne.
Ich lieb' sie nicht mehr, ich liebe alleine
Die Kleine, die Feine, die Reine, die Eine;1
Sie selber, aller Liebe [Bronne]2,
Ist Rose und Lilie und Taube und Sonne.3

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  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "La rosa, el lliri, el colom, el sol", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jan Rot) , "De bloempjes de bijtjes, de kalfjes in weitjes", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De roos en de lelie, de duif en het zonlicht", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Philip G. L. Webb) , appears in Translations from Heine and Goethe, first published 1912
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 3, first published 1827
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Το ρόδο, τον κρίνο, το περιστέρ", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Assaf Levitin) (Michal Levitin) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La rosa, il giglio, la colomba", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , no title, appears in Pieśni Heinego, in Intermezzo, no. 3, first published 1880
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "La rosa, el lirio, la paloma, el sol", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 113.

1 Lachner adds: "Sie lieb ich alleine."
2 Meyerbeer, Schumann: "Wonne"
3 Lachner adds: "Ich liebe alleine die Reine, die Eine, / Sie selber ist Taube und Sonne."