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Vier Lieder , opus 17

by Eugen Philips

Translations available for the entire opus: FRE 

4. Im Walde wandl' ich und weine  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im Walde wandl' ich und weine,
die Drossel sitzt in der Höh;
sie springt und singt gar feine:
Warum ist dir so weh?

"Die Schwalben, deine Schwestern,
die könnens dir sagen, mein Kind;
sie wohnten in klugen Nestern,
wo Liebchens Fenster sind."

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 4

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

  • ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, p. 88, first published 1887
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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