Fünf Lieder , opus 6

by A. Woeltge

1. In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es [sung text not yet checked]

In dem Walde sprießt und grünt es
Fast jüngfräulich lustbeklommen;
Doch die Sonne [lacht]¹ herunter:
Junger Frühling, sei willkommen!

Nachtigall! auch dich schon hör' ich,
Wie du flötest selig trübe
Schluchzend langgezogne Töne,
Und dein Lied ist lauter Liebe!

Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

ENG English (John W. Grubbs) , "Spring song", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Valter Juva) , "Metsä vihannoi ja silmuu"
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dans la forêt tout pousse et verdit", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed 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 240.

¹ Hohfeld: "scheint"

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2. Du bist wie eine Blume [sung text not yet checked]

  Du bist wie eine Blume
[So hold und schön und rein;]¹
Ich schau' dich an, und Wehmut
Schleicht mir ins Herz hinein.

  Mir ist, als ob [ich]² die Hände
Aufs Haupt [dir]³ legen sollt',
[Betend]⁴, daß [Gott dich]⁵ erhalte
[So rein und schön und hold.]¹

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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CAT Catalan (Català) (Marta Garcia Cadena) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CHI Chinese (中文) (Ting Chung Wang) , "你像朵鮮花", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Wijtse Rodenburg) , "Jij bent als een bloem", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Jij bent mij als een bloemkelk", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Cornelis Petrus Tiele) , "Gelijk een bloeme"
ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Thou art, as is a flower", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "A Flow'ret thou resemblest"
ENG English [singable] (Charles Fonteyn Manney) , "Thou art lovely as a flower", first published 1911
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "You are like a flower", copyright © 2012
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Valter Juva) , "Kuin kukka olet kaino"
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Tu sei come un fiore", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , "Ty jesteś luba", Warsaw, first published 1880
POL Polish (Polski) (Stanisław Budziński) , "Ty jesteś jakoby kwiecie...", first published 1886
POL Polish (Polski) (Władysław Bełza) , "Jesteś jak kwiatek wiośniany..."
POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "És como uma flor", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Eduardo Borja Illescas) , "Eres como una flor", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Gerardo Garciacano Hinojosa) (Simone von Büren) , "Eres como una flor", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed 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.

¹ Ander: "So schön, so rein und hold" the first time, and the original line the second time; Chadwick: "So schön, so hold, so rein"; Mayer: "So hold, so schön und rein" the first time and "So rein, so schön und hold" the second time; in many settings by various composers, this line is altered to "So rein, so schön, so hold"
² omitted by Hinrichs
³ Hinrichs: "ich dir"
⁴ Dreyschock: "und beten"
⁵ Liszt: "dich Gott"

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3. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai [sung text not yet checked]

Im wunderschönen Monat Mai,
Als alle Knospen sprangen, ¹ 
Da [ist]² in meinem Herzen
Die Liebe aufgegangen.

Im wunderschönen Monat Mai,
Als alle Vögel sangen, ³
Da hab' ich ihr gestanden
Mein Sehnen und Verlangen.

Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 1 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "In 't wonderschoone meigetij"
ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "In the wonderfully beautiful month of May", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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. 1, first published 1827
POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , no title, appears in Pieśni Heinego, in Intermezzo, no. 1, first published 1880
RUS Russian (Русский) (Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont) , no title

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 112.

¹ Lachner adds: "Geweckt von süssen Schmerzen, / Von Sehnsucht sanft umfangen,"
² Ender: "ist auch"
³ Lachner adds: "Die Blüten sich umwanden, / Die Zweige sich umschlangen,"

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5. Was will die einsame Träne [sung text not yet checked]

Was will die einsame Träne?
Sie trübt mir ja den Blick.
Sie blieb aus alten Zeiten
In meinem Auge zurück.

Sie hatte viel leuchtende Schwestern,
Die alle zerflossen sind,
Mit meinen Qualen und Freuden
Zerflossen in Nacht und Wind.

Wie Nebel sind auch zerflossen
Die blauen Sternelein,
Die mir [jene]¹ Freuden und Qualen
Gelächelt ins Herz hinein.

Ach, meine Liebe selber
Zerfloß wie eitel Hauch!
Du alte, einsame Träne,
Zerfließe jetzunder auch!

Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 27 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Jos. Van de Vijver) , "Eenzame traan"
ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881

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¹ Cornelius: "die"

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