1. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Zoder (1860 - 1924), "Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne", op. 8 (Acht Lieder), Heft 2 no. 8
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne, Die liebt' ich einst alle in Liebeswonne. Ich lieb' sie nicht mehr, ich liebe alleine Die Kleine, die Feine, die Reine, die Eine;1 Sie selber, aller Liebe [Bronne]2, Ist Rose und Lilie und Taube und Sonne.3
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 3
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 113.
1 Lachner adds: "Sie lieb ich alleine."2 Meyerbeer, Schumann: "Wonne"
3 Lachner adds: "Ich liebe alleine die Reine, die Eine, / Sie selber ist Taube und Sonne."
by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
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Language: English
The rose, the lily, the dove, the sun, I loved them all once in love's bliss. I love them no more, I love only The Small, the Fine, the Pure the One;1 She herself -- the source of all love -- IS the rose, lily, dove, and sun.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 3
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Lachner adds: "I love only them."
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