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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Es kommt zu spät, was du mir lächelst
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es kommt zu spät, was du mir lächelst,
Was du mir seufzest, kommt zu spät!
Längst sind gestorben die Gefühle,
Die du so grausam einst verschmäht.

Zu spät kommt deine Gegenliebe!
Es fallen auf mein Herz herab
All deine heißen Liebesblicke,
Wie Sonnenstrahlen auf ein Grab.

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Nur wissen möcht ich: wenn wir sterben,
Wohin dann unsre Seele geht?
Wo ist das Feuer, das erloschen?
Wo ist der Wind, der schon verweht?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Clarisse, no. 5 [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 Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Es kommt zu spät, was du mir lächelst " [ voice and piano ], from Clarisse, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Es kommt zu spät, was du mir lächelst", 2007, published c2007-8 [ high voice and piano ], from Verschiedene : vol. 2, Clarisse-Tragödie, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by George Washington Magnus (1863 - 1917), "Es kommt zu spät", op. 9 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Mai (1862 - 1938), "Es kommt zu spät, was du mir lächelst" [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) , "Clarissa" ; composed by Frank Bridge.
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-03
Line count: 13
Word count: 73

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