by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Herz, mein Herz, sei nicht beklommen Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch)
Herz, mein Herz, sei nicht beklommen, Und ertrage dein Geschick. Neuer Frühling giebt zurück, Was der Winter dir genommen. Und wie viel ist dir geblieben! Und wie schön ist noch die Welt! Und mein Herz, was dir gefällt, Alles, alles darfst du lieben!
Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 136.
Note: contemporary German spelling would change "giebt" to "gibt".
Composition:
- Set to music by Marques L. A. Garrett (b. 1984), "Herz, mein Herz, sei nicht beklommen", 2013 [ voice and piano ], from A Love Cycle: Songs of Happiness, Heartbreak, Hope, and Healing, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 46
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Heart, my heart, don't be oppressed", copyright ©
- 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
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Cuore, cuore mio, non essere angosciato", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , "Niech me serce", Warsaw, first published 1880
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43