by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen
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Language: German (Deutsch)
Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen Geh' ich im Garten herum. Es flüstern und sprechen die Blumen, Ich aber, ich wandle stumm. Es flüstern und sprechen die Blumen, Und schaun mitleidig mich an: Sei unserer Schwester nicht böse, Du trauriger blasser Mann.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 150.
Note for stanza 1, line 4: Heine's first version of this poem had "Ich aber wandle stumm."
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 45 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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