Love in my breast | Love in my breast

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by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Liebe mir im Busen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE

Liebe mir im Busen 
Zündet einen Brand.
Wasser, liebe Mutter, 
Eh das Herz verbrannt!

Nicht das blinde Kind 
Straft für meine Fehle;
Hat zuerst die Seele 
Mir gekühlt so lind.
Dann entflammt's geschwind 
Ach, mein Unverstand;
Wasser, liebe Mutter, 
Eh das Herz verbrannt!

Ach! wo ist die Flut, 
Die dem Feuer wehre? 
Für so große Glut 
Sind zu arm die Meere.
Weil es wohl mir tut 
Wein' ich unverwandt;
Wasser, liebe Mutter, 
Eh das Herz verbrannt!

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Note: this is thought to be an original poem by Heyse, not a translation like the others in the collection.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 49 [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 Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Liebe mir im Busen", 1889-90, from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder, no. 17 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L’amor al meu pit", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Love in my breast ", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-20
Line count: 20
Word count: 76

Love in my breast

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Love in my breast 
Ignites a conflagration.
Water, dear mother, 
ah, my heart’s scorched!

Don’t punish the blind child 
for my mistakes;
At first, [my] soul
Cooled so gently.
Then flared quickly, 
Ah, my confusion;
Water, dear mother, 
ah, my heart’s scorched!

Ah! where is the flood, 
that [could] extinguish the fire? 
For such glowing embers, 
the seas are too feeble.
Because it makes me feel better 
I cry incessantly;
Water, dear mother 
ah, my heart’s scorched!

Translator's note for line 2-1: "the blind child" is Cupid.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914), no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 49
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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-08
Line count: 20
Word count: 77