Neun Gesänge , opus 1

by Marie Hinrichs (1828 - 1891)

1. Du welker Dornenstrauch [sung text checked 1 time]

Du [kahler Dornenstrauß]¹
Machst meinen Reichthum aus,
    Bring' mir entschwund'nes Glück
        Zurück, zurück! 

Einst war die Zeit wohl da,
Wo ich die Rose sah,
    Aus deiner Blätter Grün
        Voll Reiz erblüh'n; --

[ ... ]

Mein Herz! o klage nicht,
Wenn wund der Dorn dich sticht,
    Denk' an der Rose Zeit,
        Die dich erfreut'! --

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by Noway , "Der Dornenstrauß" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Confirmed with Feierstunden für Freunde der Kunst, Wissenschaft und Literatur, Jahr 1834, No. 64, Mittwoch, den 26. February 1834, pages 598-599.

¹ Hinrichs: "welker Dornenstrauch"

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2. Ihr Bild [sung text checked 1 time]

Ich stand in [dunkeln]¹ Träumen
Und [starrte]² ihr Bildniß an,
Und das geliebte Antlitz
Heimlich zu leben begann.
 
Um ihre Lippen zog sich
Ein Lächeln wunderbar,
Und wie von Wehmuthsthränen
[Erglänzte]³ [ihr]⁴ Augenpaar.
 
Auch meine Thränen flossen
Mir von [den Wangen]⁵ herab -- 
Und ach, ich [kann es]⁶ nicht glauben,
Daß ich Dich verloren hab'!

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, written 1823-24, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 23, first published 1826 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Estava immers en obscures vagueries", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright © 1996
ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Hänen kuvansa", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dans des rêves sombres", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "J'étais plongé en de sombres rêveries", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Athanasios Papaisiou) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Immagine di lei", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
KOR Korean (한국어/조선말) [singable] (곽명규 Myung-Kew Kwack) , "그녀 모습", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Buch der Lieder von H. Heine. Hamburg bei Hoffmann und Campe. 1827, page 201; and with Reisebilder von H. Heine. Erster Theil. Hamburg, bey Hoffmann und Campe. 1826, page 27.

¹ sometimes given as "dunklen"
² Beach, Grieg, Schubert: "starrt'"
³ Hinrichs "das"
⁴ Voss "erglänzt"
⁵ Voss "der Wang' "
⁶ Grieg, Hinrichs, Schumann, Voss: "kann's"

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3. Wenn du mich lieb hast [sung text checked 1 time]

Aus meinen Tränen sprießen
Viel blühende Blumen hervor,
Und meine Seufzer werden
Ein Nachtigallenchor.

Und wenn du mich lieb hast, Kindchen,
Schenk' ich dir die Blumen all',
Und vor deinem Fenster soll klingen
Das Lied der Nachtigall.

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

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "De les meves llàgrimes broten", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Jan Rot) , "Als dichters 's nachtjes wenen", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Zie, uit mijn tranen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "From my tears sprout forth", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Louis Untermeyer) , "Out of my tears and sorrows", appears in Poems of Heinrich Heine, first published 1917
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 2, first published 1827
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) [singable] (Amédée Boutarel) , written 1909?
FRE French (Français) [singable] ((Paul) Jules Barbier)
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Με τα δάκρυά μου ανθίζουν", 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
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Dalla mie lacrime nascono", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , no title, appears in Pieśni Heinego, in Intermezzo, no. 2, first published 1880
SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "De mis lágrimas brotan", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

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4. Eine alte Kunde [sung text not yet checked]

Ich weiß eine alte Kunde,
Die hallet dumpf und trüb:
Ein Ritter liegt liebeswunde,
Doch treulos ist sein Lieb.

Als treulos muß er verachten
Die eigne Herzliebste sein,
Als schimpflich muß er betrachten
Die eigne Liebespein.

Er möcht in die Schranken reiten
Und rufen die Ritter zum Streit:
"Der mag sich zum [Kampfe]¹ bereiten,
Wer mein Lieb eines Makels zeiht!"

Da würden wohl alle schweigen,
Nur nicht sein eigener Schmerz;
Da müßt er die Lanze neigen
[Wider 's]² eigne [klagende]³ Herz.

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Der wunde Ritter", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Romanzen, no. 13 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chevalier blessé", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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¹ Backer-Grøndahl: "Kampf"
² Backer-Grøndahl: "wieder's"
³ Backer-Grøndahl: "klagendes" (likely a typo)

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5. Blicke zum Himmel [sung text checked 1 time]

                 Mutter.
Blicke zum Himmel, mein Kind! dort wohnt dir ein seliger Bruder; 
  Weil er mich [nimmer]¹ betrübt, führten die Engel ihn hin.

                 Kind.
Daß kein Engel mich je von der liebenden Brust dir entführe,
  Mutter, so sage du mir, wie ich betrüben dich kann!

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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Mutter und Kind", appears in Sinngedichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Confirmed with: Uhlands Werke in drei Teilen, Erster Teil. Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year given], page 85.

¹ Incorrectly given as "immer" in at least one other edition.

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6. 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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7. Im Mai [sung text checked 1 time]

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.

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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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8. Die Nonne [sung text checked 1 time]

[Im stillen]¹ Klostergarten 
Eine bleiche Jungfrau ging;
Der Mond beschien sie trübe,
An ihrer Wimper hing 
Die Träne zarter Liebe.

"O wohl mir, daß gestorben 
Der treue Buhle mein!
Ich darf ihn wieder lieben:
Er wird ein Engel sein, 
Und Engel darf ich lieben."

Sie trat mit zagem Schritte 
Wohl zum [Mariabild]²;
Es stand im lichten Scheine,
Es sah so muttermild
Herunter auf die Reine.

Sie sank zu seinen Füßen, 
Sah auf mit Himmelsruh',
Bis ihre [Augenlider]³
Im Tode fielen zu:
[Ihr]³ Schleier wallte nieder.

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by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Die Nonne", written 1805, appears in Balladen und Romanzen [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Confirmed with: Uhlands Werke, Erster Teil, Gedichte, herausgegeben von Adalbert Silbermann, Berlin, Leipzig, Wien, Stuttgart: Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., [no year], pages 111-112.

¹ Wallnöfer: "In einem"
² Some editions use "Marienbild"; Brahms's score uses this spelling.
³ Hinrichs: " Augenlieder[sic]"
⁴ Hinrichs: "Der"

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9. Hör' ich das Liedchen [sung text checked 1 time]

Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen,
Das einst die Liebste sang,
[So will mir die Brust]¹ zerspringen
[Vor]² wildem [Schmerzendrang.]³

[Es treibt mich]⁴ ein dunkles Sehnen
Hinauf [zur]⁵ Waldeshöh',
Dort löst sich auf in Tränen
Mein übergroßes Weh'.

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 40 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jan Rot) , "Hoor nou 's wat ze zingen", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "I hear the dear song sounding", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 40, first published 1827

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 145.

¹ Meyerbeer: "Will mir das Herz"
² Schumann: "Von"
³ Franz, Hinrichs: "Schmerzensdrang"
⁴ Meyerbeer: "Mich treibt"
⁵ Hinrichs: "zu der"

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