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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by H. Hofmann)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Verriet mein blasses Angesicht
Dir nicht mein Liebeswehe?
Und willst du, daß der stolze Mund
Dies Bettelwort gestehe?

O, dieser Mund ist gar zu stolz,
Und kann nur küssen und scherzen;
Er spräch' vielleicht ein höhnisches Wort,
Während ich sterbe vor Schmerzen.

Composition:

    Set to music by Heinrich Karl Johann Hofmann (1842 - 1902), no title, op. 26 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singst mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Breslau: Hainauer

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 53, first published 1823-4

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

  • ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , "Verriet mein blasses Angesicht", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 110, first published 1887
  • 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: 8
Word count: 45

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