Die Lotosblume ängstigt
Sich vor der Sonne Pracht
Und mit gesenktem Haupte
Erwartet sie träumend die Nacht.

Der Mond, [der]1 ist ihr Buhle
Er weckt sie mit seinem Licht,
Und ihm entschleiert sie freundlich
Ihr [frommes]2 Blumengesicht,

Sie blüht und glüht und leuchtet
Und starret stumm in die Höh';
Sie duftet und weinet und zittert
Vor Liebe und Liebesweh.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 119.

¹ Loewe: "das"
² Franz: "holdes"

Text Authorship:

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 10 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Die Lotosblume", op. 373 (3 vierstimmige Männergesänge) no. 1, published 1870 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Schleusingen, Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
• by Bonfield Akers , "Die Lotosblume", published 1912, from Three songs, no. 1, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Ambrose (1868 - 1941), "Die Lotosblume", op. 19, published 1901 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jan van Amerongen (b. 1938), "Die Lotosblume", 1982, from Honda Trio, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Constantin C. von Bach , "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", op. 37 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Petersburg, Bessel & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Otto Baehr , "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", published 1841 [ mezzo-soprano or alto or baritone and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by A. Ballarini , "Die Lotosblume", from Sechs Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johannes Bammer (1888 - 1988), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", published 1937, from Fünf Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Behr (1837 - 1898), "Die Lotosblume", op. 104 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Behr (1837 - 1898), "Die Lotosblume", op. 402 (Drei Lieder für Männerchor) no. 2, published <<1894 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by E. Berow , "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", from Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Vilém (Wilhelm) Blodek (1834 - 1874), "Die Lotosblume", published 1909, from Liebeslieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Cornelius Hendrick Coster (1854 - 1902), "Die Lotosblume", published 18-? [ alto and piano ], from Zwei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alexander Julius Paul Dorn (1833 - 1901), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", op. 27 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Victor) Felix von Dwelshauvers-Déry (1869 - 1915), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Frühlingzyklus, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Die Lotosblume", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Paul Geisler (1856 - 1919), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", op. 1 no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung. 1. Folge. Zwölf Dichtungen von Heine und Rückert, no. 3, Berlin, Bote & Bock  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rudolf Gernlein (flourished c1836), "Die Lotosblume", published 1831 [ voice and piano or guitar ], from Romanzen- und Liederkranz, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Friedrich Johann Girschner (1794 - 1860), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt ", op. 34 (Sechs Gesänge für vier Mannerstimmen) no. 3, published 1843 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], Cöln, Eck. und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Gleitz (1862 - 1920), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", op. 2 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Groscurth [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludwig Grünberger (1839 - 1896), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Die Lotosblume", op. 10 (Sechs Gesänge für gemischten Chor) no. 2, published 1875 [ mixed chorus ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann von Haszlinger , "Die Lotosblume ängstigt" [ mezzo-soprano or alto or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "Lotosblume", op. 137 no. 4 (2014) [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Heinelieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Heinemann , "Die Lotosblume", op. 10 (Zwölf Lieder und Gesänge), Heft 2 no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
• by J. Heinemann , "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", from Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by A. Helrat , "Die Lotosblume ängstigt" [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Isador) George Henschel (1850 - 1934), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Herbeck (1831 - 1877), "Die Lotosblume", 1851 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Arthur Hervey (1855 - 1922), "Die Lotosblume", published 1884, from Herzens Stimmen, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Die Lotosblume", op. 116 (Acht Gedichte von H. Heine für S., A., T. und B.), Heft 1 no. 4, published 1865 [ SATB chorus ], Bremen, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Richard Hol (1825 - 1904), "Die Lotosblume", op. 40 (Drei Gedichte) no. 1, published 18-? [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Th. Ivanov , "Die Lotosblume" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "Die Lotosblume", 1899, published 1922, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
• by John [Jacques] Jacobsson (1835 - 1909), "Die Lotosblume", op. 9 (Fyra sånger (Vier Gesänge)) no. 1, published 1864 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text not yet checked]
• by William Noel Johnson (1863 - 1916), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", published 1893, from Six songs by Heinrich Heine, no. 6, note: also set in English (The lotus flower) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rafael Joseffy (1852 - 1915), "Die Lotosblume", from Neun Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Friedrich Kauffmann (1803 - 1856), "Die Lotosblume", published 1852-1859 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Die Lotosblume", op. 8 no. 1, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder der Liebe. Acht Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
• by Julius von Kolb (1831 - 1864?), "Die Lotosblume", op. 1 (Drei Romanzen von Heinrich Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Feodor Könemann (1873 - 1937), "Die Lotosblume" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinz Kratochwil (1933 - 1995), "Die Lotosblume", op. 1b (Drei Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 2 (1952) [ voice and string trio ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Krežma (1862 - 1881), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Die Lotosblume", from Der Sänger am Rhein : Deutsche Lieder, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Leissek , "Die Lotosblume" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Georg Lothar Liebling (1865 - 1946), "Die Lotosblume", op. 29 (Trois Préludes d'après Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Die Lotosblume", op. 9, Heft 1 no. 1 (1828) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Valentin Alekseyevich Makarov (1908 - 1952?), "Die Lotosblume" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "Die Lotosblume", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1911) [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Vasily Mikhailovich Orlov (1858 - 1901), "Die Lotosblume", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Moses Pergament (1893 - 1977), "Die Lotosblume", published 1912 [ voice and orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Louis Rakemann , "Die Lotosblume ", op. 9 (Sechs Gesänge für vierstimmigen Frauenchor) no. 2 [ four-part women's chorus ], Leipzig : Rob. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
• by Eduard Rappoldi (1831 - 1903), "Die Lotosblume", op. 2 (Vier Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter (1808 - 1879), "Die Lotosblume", op. 18 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Lied", op. 67 (Sechs zweistimmige Lieder) no. 6, published 1864 [ duet for 2 voices with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich von Sahr (1821 - 1874), "Die Lotosblume", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Peter Petrovich Schenk , "Die Lotosblume" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Schläger (1820 - 1885), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", op. 4 (Vier Gesänge) no. 3, published 1855 [ vocal quartet for male voices a cappella ], Wien, Mechetti [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Michael Schletterer (1824 - 1893), "Die Lotosblume", op. 31 (Drei Gesänge für 3 weiblichen Stimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [ vocal trio for 3 female voices with piano ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Die Lotosblume", op. 25 no. 7 (1840), published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Myrten, no. 7, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Die Lotosblume", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder für vierstimmigen Männergesang) no. 3 (1840), published 1842 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Hamburg, Schuberth und Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Die Lotosblume", op. 8 (Drei Lieder von H. Heine für Männerquartett) no. 3, published 1873 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], Königsberg i/Pr., Jakubowski [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Die Lotosblume" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolay Feopemptovich Solovyov (1846 - 1916), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", published 1872, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by René Staar (b. 1951), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt sich", 1997, first performed 1997, from Heine-Fragmente (1997), no. 1, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
• by Otto Tiehsen (1817 - 1849), "Lied", op. 29 (Vierzehn Lieder), Heft 2 no. 7, published 1851 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann Wichmann (1824 - 1905), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder von Heine) no. 3 [ duet for 2 voices and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Rudolph Willmers (1821 - 1878), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", op. 31 (Zehn Liebeslieder), Heft 2 no. 9 [ tenor or soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Die Lotosblume", op. 75 (Vier Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt sich", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte und V. resp. Vcello. ) no. 2, published 1884 [ voice, piano, and violoncello ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sergey Vladimirovich Yuferov (1865 - 1927), "Die Lotosblume" [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Oscar Strasnoy (b. 1970), "Die Lotosblume ängstigt" [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Heine, no. 9
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• Also set in Basque (Euskara), a translation by Arregui ; composed by Pablo Sorozábal.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Harmony Twitchell (1876 - 1969) [an adaptation] ; composed by Charles Edward Ives.
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• Also set in English, a translation by James Thomson (1834 - 1882) , "Die Lotosblume ängstigt", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 59, first published 1887 ; composed by John Joseph Becker.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Bonfield Akers.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by J. J. Mewburn Levien.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Walter P. Weekes.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897) , "Лилия", written 1857 ; composed by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Pavel Semyonovich Makarov, Nikolay Feopemptovich Solovyov.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Anton Stepanovich Arensky.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , no title, first published 1853 ; composed by Sergey Mikhailovich Lyapunov.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by A. Evreinov ; composed by Vasily Mikhailovich Orlov.
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• Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by Pablo Sorozábal (1897 - 1988) ; composed by Pablo Sorozábal.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Marta Garcia Cadena) , "La flor de lotus", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De lotusbloem is angstig", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , "Lotus blossom", appears in Poems and translations, first published 1867
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La fleur de lotus", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 10, first published 1827
• GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Die Lotosblume" [an adaptation]
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Il fiore di loto", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• POR Portuguese (Português) (Margarida Moreno) , "A flor de lótus", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Lawrence Snyder , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

От солнца лилия пугливо
Головкой прячется своей,
Всё ночи ждёт, всё ждёт тоскливо --
Взошёл бы месяц поскорей.

[Ах, этот]1 месяц тихим светом
Её пробудит ото сна,
И -- всем дыханьем, полным цветом
К нему запросится она...

Глядит, горит, томится, блещет,
И -- всё раскрывши лепестки,
Благоухает и трепещет
От упоенья и тоски.