Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen,
Wie tief verwundet mein Herz,
Sie würden mit mir weinen,
Zu heilen meinen Schmerz.

Und wüßten's die Nachtigallen,
Wie ich so traurig und krank,
Sie ließen fröhlich erschallen
Erquickenden Gesang.

Und wüßten sie mein Wehe,
Die [goldnen]1 Sternelein,
Sie kämen aus ihrer Höhe,
Und sprächen Trost mir ein.

[Die]2 alle können's nicht wissen,
Nur [eine]3 kennt meinen Schmerz;
[Sie]4 hat ja selbst zerrissen,
Zerrissen mir das Herz.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 128.

Note: Christian Jost's setting begins "Zerrissen mir das Herz" (the last line) and then follows the rest of the text.

¹ Jost, Schumann: "goldenen"
² André, Jost, Schumann: "Sie"
³ Hensel: "einer"
⁴ Hensel: "Er"

Text Authorship:

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 22 [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 Karl Edmund Robert Alberti (1801 - 1874), "Liebesklage", from Der Liebe Lust und Leid : sechs Gesänge, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Evgenii Fedorovich Alenev (1864 - 1902), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 6 (9 Романсов с сопровождением фортепиано (9 Romansov s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Baptiste André (1823 - 1882), "Und wüßten's die Blumen", op. 14 (Acht Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 7, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ferdinand Gottfried Baake (1800 - 1881), "Ja, wüßten's die Blumen", op. 13 (Junge Leiden : 13 Gedichte von Heinrich Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Rörich [sung text not yet checked]
• by Francis Edward Bache (1833 - 1858), "Und wüßten's die Blumen", op. 16 (Six songs) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "Schmerzlied", 1918, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
• by Moritz Bernard (1794 - 1871), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl August Bertelsmann (1811 - 1861), "Liebesweh", published 1841 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Friedrich Theodor Berthold (1815 - 1882), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 15 (Sieben Gesänge), Heft 1 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by John Böie (1822 - 1900), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1847 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
• by János Bókay (b. 1858), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", published 1925, from Heine-dalok, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Oskar Bolck (1837 - 1888), "Liebesweh", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Katzsch  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Frederick Brandeis (1835 - 1899), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", published 1894 [ low voice and piano, with optional vocal quartet at conclusion ], from Cyclus of six songs by Heine, no. 5, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
• by Richard, Freiherr von Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff (1831 - 1891), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Vladimir Castrioto-Scanderberg (1820 - 1879), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", from Andenken an Horodetz : Sechs Lieder von Heine, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by L. Deland , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 3 (Vier Lieder von Heine) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Und wüssten's die Blumen, die kleinen", published 1908, from Drei Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich (Ludwig Egmont) Dorn (1804 - 1892), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 12 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Otto Johann Anton Dütsch (1823 - 1863), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludwig Ebert (1834 - 1908), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 13 (Lieder von H. Heine) no. 3 [ high voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Wolfgang von Ehrenstein (d. 1870), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 9 (Jugendträume : Muskalische Deklamationen), Heft 1 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rosalind Frances Ellicott (1857 - 1924), "Verlust", published 1884, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
• by Theodor Elze (1823 - 1900), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen" [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Christian Fink (1831 - 1911), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 7 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann Finzenhagen (1825 - 1914), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Fischer , "Klage", from Lieder-Sammlung, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Und wüßtens die Blumen ", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Winterzyklus, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Und wüßten's die Blumen", op. 12 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6, published 1851 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", published 1879 [ mezzo-soprano or soprano or tenor and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Sopran oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski (1791 - 1846), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", from Drei Gesänge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Gelhaar , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
• by A. Genser , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", from Lieder, Heft 2, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Richard von Gericke , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 11 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rudolf Gernlein (flourished c1836), "Sängers Schmerz", published 1831 [ voice and piano or guitar ], from Romanzen- und Liederkranz, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Grosholz , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", from Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Benjamin Gross (1809 - 1848), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 35 (Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludwig Grünberger (1839 - 1896), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791 - 1874), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 31 (Zweistimmige Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alfred Grünfeld (1852 - 1924), "Und wüßten's die Blumen", op. 1 (Vier Gedichte) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871 - 1937), "Verlassen", op. 7 (Seven lyrics) no. 5, published 1897 [ low voice and piano ], also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Haeser , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 1 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ivar Hallström (1826 - 1901), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ludwig Hartmann (1836 - 1910), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann von Haszlinger , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", from Lieder, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Henrik Hennings (1848 - 1923), "Und wüßten's die Blumen" [ voice and piano ], from [Sechs] Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 3, Kjöbenhavn: Oscar Risom [sung text not yet checked]
• misattributed to Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) and by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Verlust", alternate title: "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 9 (Zwölf Lieder [note: this is Felix Mendelssohn's opus, in which three songs were composed by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel]) no. 10, H-U 213 (1827) [ voice and piano ], note: this was published by Felix Mendelssohn in his opus 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Robert Hermann (1869 - 1912), "Und wüßten's die Blumen", op. 1 (Zwölf kleine Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 9, published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand Hummel (1855 - 1928), "Und wüßten's die Blumen", op. 6 (Vier Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by John [Jacques] Jacobsson (1835 - 1909), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen ", op. 9 (Fyra sånger (Vier Gesänge)) no. 3, published 1864 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Christian Jost (b. 1963), "Zerrissen mir das Herz - und wüssten's die Blumen", 2017 [ soprano or tenor, string quartet, flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 8, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Carl Kammerlander (1828 - 1892), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 9 (Vier Lieder) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Helene Kempner , "Ach, wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen: Lied", op. 1 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Oskar Karlovich Klemm (1821 - 1891), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (1847 - 1902), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 20 no. 2, published 1870 [ baritone or alto and piano ], from Liebestraum. Cyclus von 6 Gesängen für Bariton oder Alt mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, Seitz [sung text not yet checked]
• by Kreibich , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Krežma (1862 - 1881), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 3 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 9 (1876), published 1879 [ high voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Kuczynski (1846 - 1897), "Und wüßten's die Blumen", published 18--?, from Vierzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Georg Karl Kulenkamp (1799 - 1850), "Lied von Heine", op. 48 (Sechs deutsche Gesänge (3tes Liederheft)) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 4 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1877 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
• by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Und wüßten's die Blumen", op. 40 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 5 (1864), published 1867 [ medium voice and piano ], Stuttgart: Theodor Stürmer [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Daniël de Lange (1841 - 1918), "Liebes-Klage", c1869, published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Gedichten voor eene zangstem met pianobegeleiding, no. 1, Amsterdam: Alsbach [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Langer (1830 - 1889), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Amandus Leopold Leidgebel (b. 1816), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by A. E. Leipoldt , "Das gebrochene Herz (Ach, wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen)", op. 23 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Lemcke (1812 - ?), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 13 (Lust und Leid : Gesänge (1stes Heft) ) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Leopold Lenz (1803 - 1862), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 40 (Vier Gedichte von H. Heine) no. 1, published 1846 [ low soprano or baritone and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by Albert von Lenz , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 20 (Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Levermann (b. 1836), "Und wüssten's die Blumen, die kleinen", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Hannover, Oertel [sung text not yet checked]
• by W. Lewermann , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 34 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Lührss (1824 - 1882), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 12 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max von Lüttwitz (1835 - 1897), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", from Zwei Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Major , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 6 ([Vier] Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Nagel Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
• by Richard Metzdorff (1844 - 1919), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 5 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Liebesweh", op. 339 (Acht Lieder nach Heinrich Heine) no. 1 (2022) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Montag (1817 - 1866), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 2 (Drei Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Moritz Moszkowski (1854 - 1925), "Und wüßten's die Blumen", op. 13 (Drei Lieder) no. 2, published 1877 [ baritone and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Elise Müller (b. 1782), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", from Sechs Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Nawratil (1836 - 1914), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 10 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Victor Ernst Nessler (1841 - 1890), "Und wüßten's die Blumen", op. 43 (Vier Lieder von Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gary Noland , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 19 (Four Heine Lieder) no. 3, published 1990 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann Nürnberg (1831 - 1894), "Scheiden", op. 16 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Avgustovich Pfennig (1823 - 1898), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", from Gesangskompositionen, Heft 4, no. 15, also in Engilsh [sung text not yet checked]
• by Edna Frida Pietsch (1894 - 1982), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", 1930?, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
• by F. L. von Plessen , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 55 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Dávid Popper (1843 - 1913), "Und wüßten's die Blumen", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich August Pott (1806 - 1883), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 14 (Zwei deutsche Lieder) no. 1 [ voice with obbligato violin (and piano?) ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Proteininsky , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Egon Pütz (b. 1877), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 9 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Ach wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", WoO. 20 no. 1 (<<1855) [ voice and piano ], from Todte Liebe, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alexander Reichardt (1825 - 1895), "Das arme Herz", published 1859, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Reichardt (1797 - 1884), "Verlust", op. 10 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alfred Reisenauer (1863 - 1907), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", from Traurige Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "Ach wüßten's die Blumen", op. 89 (6 Lieder und Gesänge) no. 3, published 1833 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Paul [sung text not yet checked]
• by August Reiter (1852 - 1914), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1882 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
• by Martin Roeder (1851 - 1895), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 3 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Peter Schram , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", published 1880, from 4 sange, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Josef Schreier , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", from Liederstrauß : 30 Original-Lieder , no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
• by H. R. Schröder , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", from Fünf Lieder von H. Heine, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 48 no. 8 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 8, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Karl Heinrich August Siemers (1819 - 1876), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 21 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by A. von Sigmond , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 21 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Josef Otto af Sillén (1859 - 1951), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Stehle , "Und wüßte die Blumen, die kleinen", published 1877 [ high voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 5, Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Stein (1824 - 1902), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 1 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 14 (Deutsche Gesänge), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Leopold Suchsland (1871 - 1943), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Madame Terminska , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sigismund Thalberg (1812 - 1871), "Mitgefühl", op. 11 (Sechs deutsche Lieder, Zweites Heft) no. 3, published 1833 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Otto Tiehsen (1817 - 1849), "Lied", op. 7 (Sechs Gedichte von Burns, Eichendorff, Uhland, Vogl und Heine) no. 6 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with Meine Lieder. Den Freunden aufgezeichnet, Berlin, 1861, Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei, page 57 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Th. Trendelenburg , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder von H. Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wenzel Heinrich Veit (1806 - 1864), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 21 (Sechs Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Prag, Berra und Hoffmann [sung text not yet checked]
• by William Vincent Wallace (1812 - 1865), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", published 185-?, from Six Songs, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Severin Warteresiewicz (1852 - 1923), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 1 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Arnold Wehner (1820 - 1880), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 2 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hermann Wichmann (1824 - 1905), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Friedrich Wilhelm (1815 - 1873), "Ach wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", from 72 Lieder und Gesänge, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Rudolph Willmers (1821 - 1878), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 31 (Zehn Liebeslieder), Heft 2 no. 6 [ tenor or soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rudolf Wurmb (1842 - 1907), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 3 (Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 5, published 1883 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by E. Zimmermann , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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• Also set in English, a translation by Ernest Radford (1857 - 1919) , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", appears in Old and New. A Collection of Poems by Ernest Radford, London: T. Fisher Unwin, page 156, first published 1895 ; composed by Richard Harvey Loehr.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Eugene Field (1850 - 1895) , "Love Song -- Heine" [an adaptation] ; composed by Elizabeth R. Mitchell, Ella May Smith.
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• Also set in English, a translation by L. du P. Style ; composed by Nathaniel Clifford Page.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Alexander Reichardt.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Fanny, Baronesse d'Avout.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Berthold Damcke.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jeanne de Tallenay , appears in Premières Rimes, Paris, Éd. Paul Ollendorff, first published 1894 ; composed by E. Savenay.
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• Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Salvatore Auteri-Manzocchi.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov (1829 - 1865) , no title, first published 1874 ; composed by Evgenii Fedorovich Alenev.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893) ; composed by Otto Johann Anton Dütsch, as Оттон Иванович Дютш.
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• Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by John [Jacques] Jacobsson.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "I si les flors, les petites, sabessin", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jan Rot) , "En stel dat de bloemetjes raadden", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "And if the blooms - the small ones - knew", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Alma Strettell) , "Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 64, first published 1887
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 22, first published 1827
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Κι αν τα μικρά λουλούδια γνώρ&", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Assaf Levitin) (Michal Levitin) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Se sapessero i fiorellini", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• POL Polish (Polski) (Stanisław Budziński) , no title, first published 1886
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "Si supieran las florecitas", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 73

Et si les petites fleurs savaient
Combien mon cœur fut blessé,
Elles pleureraient avec moi
Pour apaiser ma douleur.

Et si les rossignols savaient
Combien je suis triste et malade,
Ils laisseraient gaiement retentir
Un chant réconfortant.

Et si ma douleur était connue
Des petites étoiles d'or,
Elles viendraient du firmament
Et me diraient des mots réconfortants.

Tous ceux-là ne peuvent pas savoir,
[Une seule ]1 connaît ma douleur ;
Car c'est [elle ]2-même qui a déchiré,
Déchiré mon cœur.