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by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852)
Translation © by Michael P Rosewall
Ich thöricht Kind
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ich thöricht Kind Ich liebe Dich, Und weiß doch nimmer: Liebst Du auch mich? Ich fragte die Blumen Groß und klein; Ach leider die meisten Sie sagten Nein. -- Die dummen Blumen Sie wissen nicht Was es heißt, was es heißt: "Er liebt mich nicht." Ich thöricht Kind Ich liebe Dich, Und wähne immer: Du liebst auch mich. Ich fragte mein Herze: "Was meinest Du?" Das rief mir freudig "Er liebt Dich" zu. O du mein Herze Weißt sicherlich, Was es heißt, was es heißt: "Er liebet mich."
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Authorship:
- by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Liebes-Hoffnung", appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844 [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 Charlotte Bauer , "Liebeshoffnung", op. 20 (5 Lieder) no. 1, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Stoll [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich Bellermann (1832 - 1903), "Liebes‑Hoffnung", op. 5 (6 Lieder) no. 5, published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friederike Birnbaum (b. 1831), "Liebes-Hoffnung" [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder, Heft 3, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Liebeshoffnung", op. 31 (3 Lieder) no. 3, published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Fr. Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Liebeshoffnung", op. 68 (6 Lieder) no. 1, published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Fischer (1849 - 1933), "Ich thöricht Kind ich liebe dich", op. 5 no. 4, published 1873 [ soprano and piano ], from Ein Liebesleben. Cyclus von Gesängen für 2 Singstimmen (Sopran und Tenor) mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 4, Wien, Gotthard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugen Gaißert , "Liebeshoffnung", op. 11 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Chemnitz, Plötner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Er liebt mich nicht -- er liebt mich", op. 64 (Drei Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1854 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Breslau, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850 - 1928), "Liebeshoffnung", 1871-1874 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Herzberg (1819 - 1847), "Liebeshoffnung", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1844 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Guttentag; later Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Hoth , "Liebeshoffnung", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1894 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Junne; note: also set in Russian [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Adolf Klauwell (1851 - 1917), "Liebeshoffnung", op. 32 (Vier Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1893 [ soprano and piano ], Langensalza, Beyer & Söhne [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marguerite Melville (1879 - 1935), "Liebeshoffnung", op. 5 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Posca , "Liebeshoffnung", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Haring [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Samson , "Liebes-Hoffnung", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. I. Reihe, Heft III, no. 1, Dresden, Arnold [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oscar von Samson-Himmelstiern , "Liebeshoffnung", op. 10 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1882 [ high voice and piano ], Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Franz) Xaver Scharwenka (1850 - 1924), "Liebes-Hoffnung", op. 10 (Vier Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran) no. 3, published 1873 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Brüssel, London, New York: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adalbert Ûberlée (1837 - 1897), "Liebeshoffnung", op. 14 no. 1, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesleben. Lieder-Cyclus für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Ferdinand Würst (1824 - 1881), "Liebeshoffnung", op. 66 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Erler [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-04
Line count: 22
Word count: 87
I foolish child
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
I foolish child I love you, And yet I never know: Do you also love me? I asked the flowers Large and small; Ah, sadly, most of them Said No. – The stupid flowers – They don’t know What it means, what it means: “He loves me not.” I foolish child, I love you, And always have imagined: You love me too. I asked my heart: “What do you think? It called to me joyfully “He loves you.” Oh you, my heart, Surely know, What it means, what it means: “He loves me.”
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Robert Reinick (1805 - 1852), "Liebes-Hoffnung", appears in Lieder, in Frühling und Liebe, first published 1844
This text was added to the website: 2022-08-26
Line count: 22
Word count: 93