by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865)
Das ist der alte Märchenwald!
Language: German (Deutsch)
[ ... ]
Ich ging fürbaß, und wie ich ging,
Erklang es in der Höhe.
Das ist die Nachtigall, sie singt
Von Lieb' und Liebeswehe.
H. von Herzogenberg sets stanzas 1-3
A. Gretchaninov sets stanza 2
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Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Vorrede zur dritten Auflage", appears in Buch der Lieder
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , "The sphinx", appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
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Line count: 52
Word count: 270
Language: Russian (Русский) after the German (Deutsch)
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Лесом иду я. Из чащи ветвей
Слышатся чудные звуки:
Это поёт соловей про любовь
И про любовные муки.
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Note on TransliterationsComposition:
- Set to music by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Лесом иду я", op. 51 (Poème dramatique: sieben Lieder nach Heinrich Heine und Vl. Soloviev) no. 3, published 1911, stanza 2 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch)
Text Authorship:
- by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865), no title, written 1858, first published 1859
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Vorrede zur dritten Auflage", appears in Buch der Lieder
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-20
Line count: 52
Word count: 237