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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Wilhelm Aleksandrovich Sorgenfrei (1882 - 1938)

Ich weiß eine alte Kunde
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Ich weiß eine alte Kunde,
Die hallet dumpf und trüb:
Ein Ritter liegt liebeswunde,
Doch treulos ist sein Lieb.

Als treulos muß er verachten
Die eigne Herzliebste sein,
Als schimpflich muß er betrachten
Die eigne Liebespein.

Er möcht in die Schranken reiten
Und rufen die Ritter zum Streit:
"Der mag sich zum [Kampfe]1 bereiten,
Wer mein Lieb eines Makels zeiht!"

Da würden wohl alle schweigen,
Nur nicht sein eigener Schmerz;
Da müßt er die Lanze neigen
[Wider 's]2 eigne [klagende]3 Herz.

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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 57.

1 Backer-Grøndahl: "Kampf"
2 Backer-Grøndahl: "wieder's"
3 Backer-Grøndahl: "klagendes" (likely a typo)

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Der wunde Ritter", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Romanzen, no. 13

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le chevalier blessé", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 84

Раненый рыцарь
 (Sung text for setting by E. Denisov)
 Matches base text
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Мне повесть старинная снится,
Печальна она и грустна:
Любовью измучен рыцарь,
А милая не верна.

И должен он поневоле
Презреньем любимой платить,
И муку собственной боли,
Как низкий позор ощутить.

Он мог бы к бранной потехе
Призвать весь рыцарский стан:
Пускай облечётся в доспехи,
Кто видит в милой изъян!

Он всех мог заставить молчать,
Но не чувство своё;
И в сердце пришлось бы направить,
В своё же сердце, копьё.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Edison Vasilyevich Denisov (1929 - 1996), "Раненый рыцарь", published 1958 [ baritone and piano ], from Страдания юности (Stradanija junosti), no. 6

Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Aleksandrovich Sorgenfrei (1882 - 1938)

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Der wunde Ritter", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Romanzen, no. 13
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Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 69

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