Je veux plonger mon âme

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ich will meine Seele tauchen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT DUT DUT ENG FIN FRE GRE HEB ITA SPA

Ich will meine Seele tauchen
In den Kelch der Lilie hinein;
Die Lilie soll [klingend]¹ hauchen
Ein Lied von der Liebsten mein.

Das Lied soll [schauern]² und beben
Wie der Kuß von ihrem Mund,
Den sie mir einst gegeben
In wunderbar süßer Stund'.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 115.

¹ Raif: "klingen und"
² Raif: "schau'rn"

Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 7 [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 Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 10 (Sechs kleine Lieder) no. 4 (1848) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Gottfrid Berg (1889 - 1970), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", 1915 [sung text not yet checked]
by Jacques (Jacob) Blumenthal (1829 - 1908), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 12 (Drei Lieder von Heine) no. 3 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Felix Willem Cornelis Brandts Buijs (1847 - 1917), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 21 (Sieben Lieder für Singstimme mit Klavier) no. 5, published 18--? [sung text not yet checked]
by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 24 (Acht Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by August M. Canthal (1804 - 1881), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 290 (Zwei Lieder) no. 3, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], in Die musikalische Welt, Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
by Arthur Claassen (1859 - 1920), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 32 (Sechs Männerchöre) no. 4, published 1894 [ ttbb chorus ], Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen" [sung text not yet checked]
by Felix (August Bernhard) Draeseke (1835 - 1913), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 76 (Drei Gesänge) no. 1, note: originally published as part of op. 2 Heft 3 (Heliotropen) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 1 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1, published 1846 [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Victor) Felix von Dwelshauvers-Déry (1869 - 1915), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen" [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis Ehlert (1825 - 1884), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 10 (Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by O. Esfonde , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 3 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Alexander Fesca (1820 - 1849), "Lied", op. 29 (6 Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor), Heft 2 no. 5, published 1843 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Braunschweig, Meyer [sung text not yet checked]
by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 3 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1, H. 77 no. 1 (1866), published 1901, from Zwei Gesänge (Dvě zpěvů), no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by (Carl) August Fischer (1828 - 1892), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 6 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Frühlingzyklus, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 43 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 (1870?), published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Peter Racine Fricker (b. 1920), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", 1970 [ baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Jan Karol Gall (1856 - 1912), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2, published 1880 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 11 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Christian Friedrich Grimmer (1798 - 1850), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 5 (Acht Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 3, published 1831 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Rudolf Gritzner , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", from Lieder, Heft 3, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
by F. W. Grünbaum , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", from Fünf Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Grünfeld (1852 - 1924), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 1 (Vier Gedichte) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Oskar Guttmann (d. 1943), "Ich will meine Seele", op. 1 (Heine-Lieder (1904-1906)) no. 5, published 1911? [sung text not yet checked]
by J. von Harder , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 11, published 1874 [ alto or baritone and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Hartmann (1836 - 1910), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 3 (Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 26 (Acht Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Hassenstein (1843 - 1927), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 19 (Sechs Lieder von Heine, für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1879 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Eberswalde, Schreiber [sung text not yet checked]
by Lennart Hedwall (b. 1932), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", 1952-4 [ voice and piano ], from Acht Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Heinefetter (1833 - 1934), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 18 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Hinzpeter , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 20 no. 3, published 1891 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Rostock, Trutschel [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Hohfeld (flourished 1884-1895), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge, no. 29, Mainz: Kittlitz-Schott [sung text not yet checked]
by Christian Jost (b. 1963), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", 2017 [ soprano or tenor, string quartet, flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 5, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
by Ernst Friedrich Kauffmann (1803 - 1856), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", from Lieder und Gesänge : 36 Lieder nach verschiedenen Dichtern, Heft 1, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Ludwig Keller (1847 - 1930), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 2 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Seitz [sung text not yet checked]
by Johanna Kinkel, née Mockel (1810 - 1858), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", alternate title: "Der Kuss", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1839 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 12 no. 5, published 1869 [ voice and piano ], from Lenz und Liebe. Eine Liederreihe, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
by Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855 - 1913), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 7 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Diedenhofen, Scharff [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Kraehmer , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 37 [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Das Lieder von der Liebsten", op. 49 (Sechs deutsche Gesänge) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Amandus Leopold Leidgebel (b. 1816), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Lewin , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 33 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Alban Lipp (1866 - 1903), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 15 (Drei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], Augsburg, Böhm & Sohn [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl (or Karl) Matys (1835 - 1908), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 27 (Neun Lieder) no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl von Mayer , "Ich möcht' meine Seele tauchen", published 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Dresden, Friedel [sung text not yet checked]
by Franz Joseph Messer (1811 - 1860), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 3 (Drei zweistimmige Lieder für Sopran und Alt) no. 1, published 1846 [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl, Graf Nostitz , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Fünfzig Lieder, no. 36, Prag, Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
by Josef Overath (1872 - ?), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 5 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Dávid Popper (1843 - 1913), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by Oskar Raif (1847 - 1899), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 8 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Barth [sung text checked 1 time]
by F. de Rhin , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", from Cyclus, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
by Karl Ritter , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 4 (Zwölf Lieder) no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
by J. Ritterhaus , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen" [sung text not yet checked]
by Martin Roeder (1851 - 1895), "In wunderbarer Stund'", published 1884 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Gyda Roggen , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen" [sung text not yet checked]
by Eduard Rohde (1828 - 1883), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 1 (Vier Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Joseph Rubinstein (1847 - 1884), "Aus dem "Buch der Lieder"", from Zwölf Gesänge, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Harriet Priscilla Sawyer , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen ", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Wild [sung text not yet checked]
by August Scharrer (1866 - 1936), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Benno Schönberger (1863 - 1930), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 6 (Six songs) no. 6, published 1890, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 48 no. 5 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 5, Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
by Iván Simonyi , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", from Drei Lieder von H. Heine, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Slawitzky , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 17 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Charlotte Sporleder (1836 - 1915), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 11 (Zwei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Startzev (Madame) , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen" [sung text not yet checked]
by Fritz Steinbach (1855 - 1916), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 9 ([Drei] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871 - 1927), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Junge Liebe : sångcykel, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Gustav Stoewe (1835 - 1891), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 2 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by Alajos Tarnay (1870 - 1933), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Heine-Lieder, no. 8, Budapest, Rózsavölgyi & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
by Max Thiede (1872 - 1932), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", from Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Alfred Tofft (1865 - 1931), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 2 (Heine-Album) no. 3, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], Kopenhagen, Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
by Marcel Tyberg (1893 - 1944), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen" [ voice and piano ], from Song Cycle from Heinrich Heine's Lyrischen Intermezzo, no. 20 [sung text not yet checked]
by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 6 (Liebeslieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Uterhart , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", published 1900 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Leipzig, (Hofmeister) [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Weinwurm (1878 - ?), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen" [sung text not yet checked]
by Theodor Winkelmann , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 16 [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Wintzer (1866 - 1952), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", published 1887, from Vier Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Gotthard Wöhler (1818 - 1888), "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 11 (Eine Dichterliebe : Liedergemälde) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by L. Zeller , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", op. 2 (Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by F. Zöhrer , "Ich will meine Seele tauchen", from Sechs Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Oscar Strasnoy (b. 1970), "Auf Flügeln des Gesanges" [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Heine, no. 5

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Philip Seward.
Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation (Lebedev? ) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by César Antonovich Cui.
Also set in Slovenian (Slovenščina), a translation by Pavel Oblák ; composed by Josip Ipavec.
Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by John [Jacques] Jacobsson.

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

ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "I want to delve my soul", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (John Todhunter) , appears in Heine's Book of Songs, first published 1907
FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 7, first published 1827
POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , no title, appears in Pieśni Heinego, in Intermezzo, no. 7, first published 1880
POL Polish (Polski) (Stanisław Budziński) , no title

Research team for this text: René Slot , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Je veux plonger mon âme

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Je veux plonger mon âme
Dans le calice du lis ;
En tintant le lis exhalera
L'un de mes plus beaux chants.

Le chant frissonnera et tremblera
Comme le baiser de sa bouche,
Qu'elle m'a un jour donné
À une heure de merveilleuse douceur.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 7

This text was added to the website: 2016-12-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 44