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Heart, we will forget him You and I, tonight. You may forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light. When you have done, pray tell me, That I [my thoughts may dim]1; Haste! lest while you're lagging, I may remember him!
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Text Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert F. Baksa (b. 1938), "Heart! we will forget him", from Emily Dickinson Songs, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), "Heart, we will forget him", 1949-50, published 1951 [ mezzo-soprano, piano ], from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "Heart, we will forget him", 1968, published 1978 [ soprano and piano ], from Six Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 2, Southern Music Publishing Co. Inc., New York and Peer Musikverlag GMbH, Hamburg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Escher (1912 - 1980), "Heart, we will forget him", 1955, published 1956 [ mixed chorus of 7-10 voices ], from Songs of Love and Eternity, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "Heart, we will forget him", op. 108 (Ten Emily Dickinson Songs) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Scott Gendel (b. 1977), "Heart! We will forget him", 2005 [ voice and piano ], from Forgotten Light, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Sisco , "Heart, we will forget him ", 2007 [ soprano and piano ], from Love is..., no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Russell Smith (b. 1927), "Heart, we will forget him" [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from Three Songs from Emily Dickinson [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gitta Steiner (1932 - 1990), no title, published 1971 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Five Poems for Mixed Chorus [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cor, l’oblidarem", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mon cœur, nous l'oublierons", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 44
Herz, lass’ uns ihn vergessen noch eh’ die Nacht anbricht. Du die Wärme, die er gab, und ich vergess’ das Licht. Hast Du’s geschafft, Herz, sag mir’s, streich’ ich ihn aus dem Sinn. Rasch! Dass nicht, wenn du zögerst, ich wieder denk an ihn.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1896
This text was added to the website: 2015-06-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 44