by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by James Thomson (1834 - 1882)
Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam Im Norden auf kahler Höh'; Ihn schläfert; mit weißer Decke Umhüllen ihn Eis und Schnee. Er träumt von einer Palme, Die fern im Morgenland, Einsam und schweigend trauert Auf brennender Felsenwand.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• F. Allitsen • J. André • A. Backer-Grøndahl • S. Bagge • H. von Bülow • R. Franz • H. Kufferath • R. Langgaard • J. Marx • N. Medtner • R. Pohl • J. WeissAbout the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 137.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 33 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Go to the general view
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 39
A pine‑tree standeth lonely
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
A pine-tree standeth lonely In the North on an upland bare; It standeth whitely shrouded With snow, and sleepeth there. It dreameth of a Palm Tree Which far in the East alone, In mournful silence standeth On its ridge of burning stone.
About the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesText Authorship:
- by James Thomson (1834 - 1882), "Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 67, first published 1887 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 33
Go to the general view
Research team for this page: T. P. (Peter) Perrin , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2012-10-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 44