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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Mein Liebchen, wir sassen beisammen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE ITA LIT
Mein Liebchen, wir sassen beisammen,
Traulich im leichten Kahn.
Die Nacht war still, und wir schwammen
Auf [weiter]1 Wasserbahn.

Die Geisterinsel, die schöne,
Lag dämm'rig im Mondenglanz;
Dort klangen liebe Töne,
[Dort]2 wogte der Nebeltanz.

Dort klang es lieb und lieber,
Und wogt' es hin und her;
Wir aber schwammen vorüber,
Trostlos auf weitem Meer.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 147.

1 Franz: "öder"
2 Franz: "Und"

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 42 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Albert Felix, Graf Amadei (1851 - 1894), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 5 (Drei Gesänge) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859 - 1937), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 138 (Acht Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Becker (1811 - 1859), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 40 (Duette) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Becker (1811 - 1859), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder von H. Heine) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Behm (1862 - 1946), "Meerfahrt", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Bendel (1833 - 1874), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 100 (Acht Lieder) no. 8, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by C. Blumberg , "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 157 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Blumenberg (1869 - 1940), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 157 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Leon Carolus Bouman (1852 - 1919), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 1 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Meerfahrt", op. 96 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 (1884), published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Oskar von Chelius (1859 - 1923), "Vorüber", op. 7 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Wasserfahrt", H. 87 (1867) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Meerfahrt", op. 18 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Leo (Lew) Franz (b. 1895), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", published 1884 [ baritone and piano ], from Drei Lieder für Bariton mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Leipzig, Kahnt  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Edmund von Freyhold (1878 - 1944), "Die Geisterinsel", 1906 [ voice and piano ], from Gesungene Gedichte mit Klavierbegleitung: Sechs Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul Geisler (1856 - 1919), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung. 2. Folge. Zehn Dichtungen von Lenau und Heine, no. 8, Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georg Eduard Goltermann (1824 - 1898), "Die Trostlosen", op. 8 (Vier Duette) no. 1 [ duet for 2 voices and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Die Trostlosen", op. 17 (Drei Duette für Sopran und Bariton (oder Bass) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1850 [ vocal duet for soprano and baritone (or bass) and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Thomas Haigh (flourished 1898-1927), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", published 1925 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Knut Håkanson (1887 - 1929), "Die Geisterinsel (Mein Liebchen)", 1905 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805 - 1900), "Die Trostlosen", op. 35 (Sechs deutsche Gesänge) no. 5, published 1842, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Meerfahrt", op. 31 (Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte- und Violin-Begleitung ) no. 1, published 1844 [ voice, violin, and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
  • by J. Heinemann , "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", from Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Derek Henderson , "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henrik Hennings (1848 - 1923), "Mein Liebchen, wir sassen beisammen: Barcarole" [ medium voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder von H. Heine, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", published c1999 [ duet for 2 female voices with piano ], from Sechs Duette, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Hermann (1869 - 1912), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 1 (Zwölf kleine Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arthur Hervey (1855 - 1922), "Die Trostlosen", published 1883?, from Sechs Liebeslieder von Heine, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Karl Johann Hofmann (1842 - 1902), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", from Drei Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jacob Axel Josephson (1818 - 1880), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 7 (3 sånger med obligat violin = Lieder ) no. 1, published 1870 [ voice, piano, and violin ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858), "Die Geisterinsel", op. 11 (Drei Duette) no. 2, published 1839 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinz Kratochwil (1933 - 1995), "Mein Liebchen", op. 1a (Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 4 (1952) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alois Kugler , "Die Geisterinsel ", op. 95 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Lassen (1830 - 1904), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 48 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Lemcke (1812 - ?), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 18 (Lust und Leid = Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Mein Liebchen, wir sassen beisammen", op. 20 (Drei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) am Klavier zu singen) no. 1, published 1879 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Stuttgart, Lichtenberg [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860 - 1908), "Mein Liebchen", op. 11 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1 (1881), published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by George W. Marston (1840 - 1901), "Meerfahrt" [ alto or baritone and piano ], from Lieder-Album = Song Album, Heft II: 15 Lieder, no. 5, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl (or Karl) Matys (1835 - 1908), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 30 (Acht Lieder), Heft 1 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Meerfahrt", 1846 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Mein Liebchen, wir sassen beisammen", op. 32 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 (1886-8), published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Béla Nemes Hegyi , "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by G. von Pflugk , "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Bjarne Schirmer , "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Schultz , "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 8 (Vier Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Siebmann , "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 47 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 [ alto or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by M. Spiro , "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", from Sieben Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Wilhelm Stade (1817 - 1902), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 4 (Vier [Fünf] Lieder von H. Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nisse Strandberg , "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from 5 Sanger, no. 2, Stockholm, Lundquist [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arthur Stubbe (1866 - 1938), "Meerfahrt", op. 18, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel ; also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Runciman Terry (1865 - 1938), "Mein Liebchen, wir sassen beisammen", 1892, from Two songs from Heine, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Albert Theodor Töpken , "Die Geisterinsel", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Singstimme mit Pianoforte (Heft I der nachgelassenen Werke), no. 2, Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Meerfahrt", op. 71 (Zwei Duette) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Marcel Tyberg (1893 - 1944), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen" [ voice and piano ], from Song Cycle from Heinrich Heine'€™s Lyrischen Intermezzo, no. 17 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Julius Urban (1838 - 1918), "Auf weitem Meer", op. 17 (Zwei Gesänge für 2 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1864 [ vocal duet for 2 low voices with piano ], Berlin, Mendel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Die Geisterinsel", op. 36 (Vier Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 4, published 1838 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vilma von Webenau (1875 - 1953), "Mein Liebchen, wir sassen beisammen" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", 1906, from 10 Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 9, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Nachtfahrt", 1921 [ voice and piano ], from 9 Lieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joel Weiss , "Mein Liebchen wir sassen beisammen", 2016 [ voice and piano ], from Heine Lieder, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by J. A. Wenzel , "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 25 (Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Rudolph Willmers (1821 - 1878), "Mein Liebchen, wir saßen beisammen", op. 31 (Zehn Liebeslieder), Heft 1 no. 3 [ tenor or soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Mein Liebchen, wir sassen beisammen", 1878, from Liederstrauß : Sieben Gedichte aus dem Buch der Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by James Thomson (1834 - 1882) , "Mein Liebchen, wir sassen beisammen", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, p. 71, first published 1887 ; composed by John Joseph Becker.
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  • Also set in English, a translation by Frederick W. Bancroft ; composed by George W. Marston.
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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Pierre-René Hirsch (1870 - 1891) and by Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz (1864 - 1955) ; composed by Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz.
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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Georges Adolphe Hüe.
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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jeanne de Tallenay ; composed by E. Savenay.
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  • Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title ; composed by Władysław Marcjan Mikołaj Żeleński.
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  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897) , no title, appears in Роман в пяти стихотворениях = Roman v pjati stikhotvorenijakh (A novel in five poems), no. 3 ; composed by Vladislav Frantsevich Aloiz.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Estimada, seiem tots dos ensems", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "My darling, we sat together", copyright ©
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 42, first published 1827
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Amore mio, sedevamo insieme", 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


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