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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by Lau Kanen
Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden
Language: German (Deutsch)
Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden, schönes Grabmal meiner Ruh', schöne Stadt, wir müssen scheiden, - Lebe wohl! ruf' ich dir zu. Lebe wohl, du heil'ge Schwelle, wo da wandelt Liebchen traut; lebe wohl! du heil'ge Stelle, wo ich sie zuerst geschaut. Hätt' ich dich doch nie [gesehen]1, schöne Herzenskönigin! Nimmer wär' es dann geschehen, daß ich jetzt so elend bin. Nie wollt' ich dein Herze rühren, Liebe hab' ich nie erfleht; nur ein stilles Leben führen wollt' ich, wo dein Odem weht. Doch du drängst mich selbst von hinnen, bittre Worte spricht dein Mund; Wahnsinn wühlt in meinen Sinnen, und mein Herz ist krank und wund. Und die Glieder matt und träge schlepp' ich fort am Wanderstab, bis mein müdes Haupt ich lege ferne in ein kühles Grab.
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Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 5 [author's text not yet checked 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 Ferdinand Gottfried Baake (1800 - 1881), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 13 (Junge Leiden : 13 Gedichte von Heinrich Heine) no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Abschied", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julie Baroni-Cavalcabò (1813 - 1887), "Lebe wohl!", op. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Julius Becher (1803 - 1848), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Bill (1863 - 1936), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 7 (Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Landshut, Krüll [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Blumenberg (1869 - 1940), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 107 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Boott (1813 - 1904), "Zweistimmiger Gesang (For The Musical World)", published 1857 [ duet for 2 voices and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stephanie Brand-Vrabely, Gräfin Wurmbrand (1849 - 1919), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 28 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Klavier) no. 1, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Wien: Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", from Liederkreis, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Friedrich Ehrlich (1807 - 1887), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden " [ voice and piano ], from Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden - Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Fischhof (1804 - 1857), "Lebewohl", op. 37 (Fünf Gesänge für Bariton mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1838 [ baritone and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Franck (1858 - 1938), "Lied", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Pasquale Goldberg (1825 - 1890), "Lebe wohl!", published 1873, also set in English "Fare thee well, I call on thee (Ah! too lovely)" by E. J. Gill [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sigismund Goldschmidt (1815 - 1877), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 3 (Drei Gedichte von Heine und Lenau) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Gollmick (1796 - 1866), "Klage des Ungeliebten", op. 49 (Drei deutsche Lieder mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by G. Fritz Hompesch , "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 5 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Al. Kern , "Abschied", op. 3 (Drei Gedichte für Bass (oder Alt) mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1856 [ bass or alto and piano ], Wien, Haslinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Kielblock , "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", from Drei Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johanna Kinkel (1810 - 1858), "Abschied", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1848 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Cöln, Schloss [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Köhler , "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 113 [ bass and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Christian) Louis Heinrich Köhler (1820 - 1886), "Lebewohl", op. 113 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Krantz , "Abschied", op. 8 (Drei Quartette für Männerstimmen) no. 2, published 1875 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Cöln, Schloss [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Krežma (1862 - 1881), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 3 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1879 [ high voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Krüger (1807 - 1885), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", from Acht harmlose Lieder für Ungelernte, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Langer (1830 - 1889), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Ernst Wilhelm Lorberg (1834 - ?), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 41 (Vier volkstümliche Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Oelschlegel (1847 - 1915), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", published 1878 [ alto and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Wien, Klein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann Theobald Petschke (1806 - 1888), "Der Abschied", op. 6 (Sechs Gesänge für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1838 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph (Gabriel) Rheinberger (1839 - 1901), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden" [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Lebe wohl!", 1931 [ male voice and piano ], text also incorporates a text by Byron (?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Schladebach (1810 - 1872), "Abschied", op. 12 (Sieben Lieder und Gesänge ) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. R. Schröder , "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", from Fünf Lieder von H. Heine, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by R. Schulin , "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 24 no. 5 (1840), published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis von Heinrich Heine, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolph Schweida , "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 10 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Budapest, Pirnitzer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Schöne Wiege", op. 1 (124 liederen : 1925-1969) no. 98 (1947) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Stritzko (1861 - 1908), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 72 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sigismund Thalberg (1812 - 1871), "Lebe wohl", op. 11 (Sechs deutsche Lieder, Zweites Heft) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Lebe wohl!", op. 35 (Nordische Liedergrüße von Shakespeare, R. Burns, Heine, Eichendorff u.a.), Heft 1 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. Voss (1815 - 1882), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 37 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Weidt (1824 - 1901), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 38 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Whyte (1858 - 1922), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 24 (Songs) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Rudolph Willmers (1821 - 1878), "Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden", op. 31 (Zehn Liebeslieder), Heft 1 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden", 2014 [ voice and piano ]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Joseph Carl Breil.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Mooie kribbe van mijn lijden", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Pretty cradle of my sorrows", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Beau berceau de mes souffrances", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Bella culla del mio dolore", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 128
Mooie kribbe van mijn lijden
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)
Mooie kribbe van mijn lijden, Mooie tombe van mijn trouw1, Mooie stad, wij moeten scheiden: 't Ga je goed2, roep ik tot jou. 't Ga je goed, jij heil'ge drempel, Waar mijn liefje wand'len mag; 't Ga je goed, jij heil'ge tempel, Waar ik voor het eerst haar zag. Had ik jou maar nooit gezien, Mooie hartenkoningin! Nooit was 't dan zo ver gekomen Dat ik nu zo'n stakker ben. Nooit wou ik jouw hart beroeren, Liefde heb ik nooit gevraagd; Slechts een stil bestaan volvoeren Wou ik, waar het jou behaagt3. Maar jij doet mij zelf vertrekken, Bitt're woorden spreekt je mond; Mijn gedachten gaan als gekken En mijn hart is diep gewond. Mijn vermoeide ledematen Sleep ik voort met 'n wandelstaf, Tot ik moe mij neer kan laten Ver weg, in een koelend graf.
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1 Eigenlijk: rust, maar ook zijn trouw laat de minnaar in deze graftombe achter
2 Deze wens wordt in het lied verschillende malen herhaald.
3 Eigenlijk: waar jouw adem waait.
1 Eigenlijk: rust, maar ook zijn trouw laat de minnaar in deze graftombe achter
2 Deze wens wordt in het lied verschillende malen herhaald.
3 Eigenlijk: waar jouw adem waait.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 5
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 142