by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Deine weissen Lilienfinger Matches base text
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Deine weißen Lilienfinger, Könnt ich sie noch einmal küssen, Und sie drücken an mein Herz, Und vergehn in stillem Weinen! Deine klaren Veilchenaugen Schweben vor mir Tag und Nacht, Und mich quält es: was bedeuten Diese süßen, blauen Rätsel?
Composition:
- Set to music by Johan August Söderman (1832 - 1876), "Deine weissen Lilienfinger", published 1859 [ voice and piano ], from Heidenröslein : Liederzyklus nach Heine, no. 7, also set in Swedish (Svenska)
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 31, first published 1823-1824
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Dijne witte leeljenvingers"
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tes petits doigts de lis", 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: 39