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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Ach, wenn ich nur der Schemel wär
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
(Der Kopf spricht:)
 Ach, wenn ich nur der Schemel wär,
 Worauf der Liebsten Füße ruhn!
 Und stampfte sie mich noch so sehr,
 Ich wollte doch nicht klagen tun.

(Das Herz spricht:)
 Ach, wenn ich nur das Kißchen wär,
 Wo sie die Nadeln steckt hinein!
 Und stäche sie mich noch so sehr,
 Ich wollte mich der Stiche freun.

(Das Lied spricht:)
 Ach, wär ich nur das Stück Papier,
 Das sie als Papillote braucht!
 Ich wollte heimlich flüstern ihr
 Ins Ohr, was in mir lebt und haucht.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 138.


Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 34 [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 Ernst James Bremner (1868 - ?), "Der Verliebte", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 hohe -- für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Wünsche", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Winterzyklus, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch (1806 - 1872), "Ach, wenn ich nur der Schemel wär" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Joseph Klein (1802 - 1862), "Wünsche", op. 6 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 6 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Wünsche", op. 18 (3 Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran, Alt oder Bariton) no. 1, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Darmstadt, Pabst [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Peter Schram , "Ach, wenn ich nur der Schemel wär", published 1880 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Konstantin Sidorovich (flourished c1873), "Ach, wenn ich nur der Schemel wär", published 1880, from Fünf Lieder von Heine, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Ach, wenn ich", op. 1 (124 liederen : 1925-1969) no. 97 (1947), published 1972, from Heine-liederen (met Etüde-begeleiding) II : Mädchen, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 34, first published 1827
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2007-10-14
Line count: 15
Word count: 86

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