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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Lied
 (Sung text for setting by O. Tiehsen)
 Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT FRE
An die blaue Himmelsdecke,
Wo die schönen Sterne blinken,
Möcht' ich pressen meine Lippen,
Pressen wild und stürmisch weinen.

Jene Sterne sind die Augen
Meiner Liebsten; tausendfältig
Schimmern sie und grüßen freundlich
Aus der blauen Himmelsdecke.

Nach der blauen Himmelsdecke,
Nach den Augen der Geliebten,
Heb' ich andachtsvoll die Arme,
Und ich bitte und ich flehe:

Holde Augen, Gnadenlichter,
O beseligt meine Seele,
Laßt mich sterben und erwerben
Euch und euren ganzen Himmel!

Composition:

    Set to music by Otto Tiehsen (1817 - 1849), "Lied", published 1840 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Drei Lieder für Tenor oder Sopran mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Bote und Bock; confirmed with Meine Lieder. Den Freunden aufgezeichnet, Berlin, 1861, Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, page 58

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Nordsee, in Erster Zyklus, in 7. Nachts in der Kajüte, no. 2

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • 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


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 73

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