Weil' auf mir, du dunkles Auge, Übe deine ganze Macht, Ernste, milde, [träumerische]1, Unergründlich süße Nacht! Nimm mit deinem Zauberdunkel Diese Welt von hinnen mir, Daß du über meinem Leben Einsam schwebest für und für.
Sechs Lieder , opus 13
by Friedrich von Wickede (1834 - 1904)
Translations available for the entire opus: ENG
1. Bitte [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Bitte", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Sehnsucht
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Linger on me, dark eyes", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Walter A. Aue) , "Stay with me, endarkened vision", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "S'il te plait", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Nicolaus Lenau's sämtliche Werke, herausgegeben von G. Emil Barthel, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun., [1883], page 11.
1 Bolko von Hochberg: "zauberische"; Sjögren: "träumereiche"2. Der Fichtenbaum [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ein [Fichtenbaum]1 steht einsam Im Norden auf kahler Höh'; Ihn schläfert; mit weißer Decke Umhüllen ihn Eis und Schnee. Er träumt von einer Palme, Die fern im Morgenland, Einsam und [schweigend]2 trauert Auf brennender Felsenwand.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 33
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "A spruce-tree stands alone", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "A fir-tree standing lonesome", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Edgar Alfred Bowring) , appears in The Poems of Heine Complete, first published 1861
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , "Song", appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
- ENG English [singable] (Arthur Westbrook) , "In northern land a pine-tree"
- ESP Esperanto (Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof) , "En nord' unu pino"
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 33, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Hamutal Atariah) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Sta un abete solitario", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov) , no title, appears in Роман в пяти стихотворениях = Roman v pjati stikhotvorenijakh (A novel in five poems), no. 1 [an adaptation]
Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 137.
1 Biegeleben: "Tannenbaum"; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Marx: "schweigsam"
3. Veilchen [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Veilchen, [unter]1 Gras versteckt Wie mit Hoffnung zugedeckt, Veilchen, freue Dich mit mir, Sonne kommt ja auch zu Dir. Sonne scheint mit Liebesschein Tief Dir in Dein Herz hinein, Trocknet Deine Tränen Dir -- Veilchen, freue Dich mit mir!
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Veilchen", first published 1843
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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
1 in Dresel's first setting: "unter dem", but "dem" disappears in the later setting; Caspary: "unter'm" (and further changes for Caspary may exist not shown above.)
4. Das sterbende Kind [sung text not yet checked]
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wie [doch]1 so still dir am Herzen Ruhet das Kind! Weiß nicht, wie Mutterschmerzen So herbe sind! Auf Stirn und Lippen und Wangen Ist schon vergangen Das süße Rot. Und dennoch heimlicherweise Lächelt es leise. -- Leise Küsset [es der]2 Tod!
Text Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), "Das sterbende Kind", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch, in Lübeck und Bonn
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 omitted by Wölfl; further changes may exist not shown above.
2 Randhartinger: "der"
5. Es tobt der Sturm
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es tobt der Sturm im Halme
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6. Meine Seele gehört dem lieben Gott
Language: German (Deutsch)
Meine Seele gehört dem lieben Gott
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