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(Der Kopf spricht:) Ach, wenn ich nur der Schemel wär, Worauf der Liebsten Füße ruhn! Und stampfte sie mich noch so sehr, Ich wollte doch nicht klagen tun. (Das Herz spricht:) Ach, wenn ich nur das Kißchen wär, Wo sie die [Nadeln]1 steckt hinein! Und stäche sie mich noch so sehr, Ich wollte mich der Stiche freun. (Das Lied spricht:) Ach, wär ich nur das Stück Papier, Das sie als Papillote braucht! Ich wollte heimlich flüstern ihr Ins Ohr, was in mir lebt und haucht.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 138.
1 Klein: "Nadel"Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 34 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Ernst James Bremner (1868 - ?), "Der Verliebte", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 hohe -- für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Wünsche", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Winterzyklus, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch (1806 - 1872), "Ach, wenn ich nur der Schemel wär" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Klein (1802 - 1862), "Wünsche", op. 6 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 6 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Wünsche", op. 18 (3 Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran, Alt oder Bariton) no. 1, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Darmstadt, Pabst [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Schram , "Ach, wenn ich nur der Schemel wär", published 1880 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Konstantin Sidorovich (flourished c1873), "Ach, wenn ich nur der Schemel wär", published 1880, from Fünf Lieder von Heine, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Ach, wenn ich", op. 1 no. 97 (1947), published 1972, from Heine-liederen (met Etüde-begeleiding) II : Mädchen, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 34, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-10-14
Line count: 15
Word count: 85
(La tête dit:) Ah, si seulement j'étais l'escabeau Sur lequel se pose le pied de ma bien-aimée ! Même si elle me piétinait bien fort, Je ne voudrais pas me plaindre. (Le cœur dit:) Ah, si seulement j'étais le coussinet Dans lequel elle pique ses aiguilles ! Même si elle me piquait bien fort, Je me réjouirais de la piqûre. (La chanson dit:) Ah ! Si seulement j'étais un bout de papier Qu'elle utiliserait comme papillote ! Je lui chuchoterais secrètement À l'oreille tout ce qui vit et soupire en moi.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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. 34
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-02
Line count: 15
Word count: 91