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Neue Liebeslieder
Song Cycle by Arthur Hervey (1855 - 1922)
Word count: 122
2. Like art thou to a flower  [sung text not yet checked]
Authorship
- Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 47, first published 1825
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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 die Hände aufs Haupt dir legen sollt', [betend]2, daß [Gott dich]3 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 not yet checked against a primary source]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- 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
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 Dreyschock: "und beten"
3 Liszt: "dich Gott"
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
8. Sei mir gegrüßt  [sung text not yet checked]
Sei mir gegrüßt, du große, Geheimnisvolle Stadt, Die einst in ihrem Schoße Mein Liebchen umschlossen hat. Sagt an, ihr Türme und Tore, Wo ist die Liebste mein? Euch hab ich sie anvertrauet, Ihr solltet mir Bürge sein. Unschuldig sind die Türme, Sie konnten nicht von der Stell, Als Liebchen mit Koffern und Schachteln Die Stadt verlassen so schnell. Die Tore jedoch, die ließen Mein Liebchen entwischen gar still; Ein Tor ist immer willig, Wenn eine Törin will.
Authorship
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 17 [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 (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]