by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Language: German (Deutsch)
Am Kreuzweg wird begraben Wer selber sich brachte um; Dort wächst eine blaue Blume, Die Armensünderblum' . Am Kreuzweg stand ich und seufzte; Die Nacht war kalt und stumm. Im Mondschein bewegte sich langsam Die Armensünderblum' .
Composition:
- Set to music by Rudolf S. Cahn-Speyer (1881 - 1940), "Am Kreuzweg", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], Cöln am Rhein: Verlag Tischer & Jagenberg
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 62
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 62, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov) , no title, appears in Роман в пяти стихотворениях = Roman v pjati stikhotvorenijakh (A novel in five poems), no. 5
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