Verliefd waren beiden | Verliefd waren beiden, maar wilden

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Sie liebten sich beide, doch keiner

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CAT DUT ENG FRE FRE ITA

  Sie liebten sich beide, doch keiner
Wollt' es dem andern gestehn;
Sie sahen sich an so feindlich,
Und wollten vor Liebe vergehn.

  Sie trennten sich endlich und sahn sich
Nur noch zuweilen im Traum;
Sie waren längst gestorben
Und wußten es selber kaum.

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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 131.

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 33 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Verliefd waren beiden

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Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Verliefd waren beiden, maar wilden
‘t Niet aan elkaar laten zien;
Zij zagen elkaar als vijand,
Maar waren verliefd toch voor tien.
 
Zij scheidden ten slotte en zagen
Elkaar nog slechts in een droom;
Zij waren al lang gestorven,
Maar bleven elkaars fantoom.

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