Wo ich bin, mich rings umdunkelt | Wo ich bin, mich rings umdunkelt

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Wo ich bin, mich rings umdunkelt

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CHI DUT ENG FRE ITA

Wo ich bin, mich rings umdunkelt
Finsterniß so dumpf und dicht,
Seit mir nicht mehr leuchtend funkelt,
Liebste, deiner Augen Licht.

Mir erloschen ist der süßen
Liebessterne goldne Pracht,
Abgrund gähnt zu meinen Füßen.
Nimm mich auf, uralte Nacht.

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• R. Strauss

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 166.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 63 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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