by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Mutter zum Bienelein
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Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Mutter zum Bienelein: "Hüt dich vor Kerzenschein!" Doch was die Mutter spricht, Bienelein achtet nicht; Schwirret ums Licht herum, Schwirret mit Sum-sum-sum, Hört nicht die Mutter schrein: "Bienelein! Bienelein!" Junges Blut, tolles Blut, Treibt in die Flammengluth, Treibt in die Flamm' hinein, -- "Bienelein! Bienelein!" 'S flackert nun lichterroth, Flamme gab Flammentod. -- "Hüt dich vor Mägdelein, Söhnelein! Söhnelein!"
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Selections from Heine's Poems, ed by Horatio Stevens White, Boston, Heath & Co., 1907, page 65.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Die Lehre", appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1812-1827, no. 59 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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