by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Kind! Es wäre dein Verderben
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Kind! Es wäre dein Verderben, Und ich geb' mir selber Mühe, Daß dein liebes Herz in Liebe Nimmermehr für mich erglühe. Nur daß mir's so leicht gelinget, Will mich dennoch fast betrüben, Und ich denke manchmal dennoch: Möchtest du mich dennoch lieben!
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 48 [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 Boleslav Viktorovich Grodzky (1865 - 1923), "Kind! Es wäre dein Verderben", op. 12 no. 1, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Isador) George Henschel (1850 - 1934), "Kind! Es wäre dein Verderben", op. 37 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
- by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Kind", op. 1 (124 liederen : 1925-1969) no. 68 (1936), published 1972 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Kind! Es wäre dein Verderben", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 48 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Kind! Es wäre dein Verderben", published 1888? [ voice and piano ], from New Albums of Songs with German and English Words, Volume 1, no. 5, London: Pitt & Hatzfeld, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937) , "Child it were thine utter ruin" ; composed by Maude Valérie White.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation (after Heine ) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Boleslav Viktorovich Grodzky.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Charles Godfrey Leland) , no title, appears in The works of Heinrich Heine, Volume II, London: William Heinemann, page 35, first published 1891
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , "Dziecko!", Warsaw, first published 1880
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