by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865)

Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang'
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang',
Dann fliessen die Tränen zusammen;
Und an mein Herz drück fest dein Herz,
Dann schlagen zusammen die Flammen!

Und wenn in die große Flamme fliesst
Der Strom von [unsern]1 Tränen,
Und wenn [dich mein Arm]2 gewaltig umschließt -
Sterb' ich vor Liebessehnen!

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 115.

1 Zenger: "unsren"
2 Jensen: "mein Arm dich"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Posa la teva galta en la meva", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Leg nu je wang", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Lay your cheek against my cheek", copyright ©
  • ENG English (Charles Godfrey Leland) , appears in The works of Heinrich Heine, first published 1900
  • FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 6, first published 1827
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Poggia la tua guancia alla mia guancia", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , no title, first published 1880


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.
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Word count: 49

Щекою к щеке ты моей приложись
 (Sung text for setting by N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
 See original
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Щекою к щеке ты моей приложись: 
  Пускай наши слёзы сольются!
И сердцем к горячему сердцу прижмись:
  Пусть пламенем общим зажгутся!

Когда же в то пламя польются рекой
  Кипящие слёзы разлуки,
Я, крепко твой стан охвативший рукой,
  Умру от блаженства и муки.

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 51