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Manch' Bild vergess'ner Zeiten Steigt auf aus seinem Grab, Und zeigt, wie in deiner Nähe Ich einst gelebet hab. Am Tage schwankte ich träumend Durch alle Straßen herum; Die Leute verwundert mich ansahn, Ich war so traurig und stumm. Des Nachts da war es besser, Da waren die Straßen leer; Ich und mein Schatten selbander, Wir wandelten schweigend einher. Mit widerhallendem Fußtritt Wandelt ich über die Brück; Der Mond brach aus den Wolken, Und grüßte mit ernstem Blick. Stehn blieb ich vor deinem Hause, Und starrte in die Höh, Und starrte nach deinem Fenster - Das Herz tat mir so weh. Ich weiß, du hast aus dem Fenster Gar oft herabgesehn, Und sahst mich im Mondenlichte Wie eine Säule stehn.
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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 142.
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 38 [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 Victor Boos von Waldeck , "Manch Bild vergessener Zeiten", from Fünfzig Lieder und Gesänge, no. 38 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ignaz Brüll (1846 - 1907), "Manch' Bild vergess'ner Zeiten", op. 5 (Zwölf Gesänge), Heft 1 (Sechs Gesänge nach Dichtungen von Heinrich Heine) no. 6 (186-?), published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gotthard [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Manch Bild vergessener Zeiten", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Herbstzyklus, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952), "Manch Bild vergessener Zeit", BVN. 79 (1914), lost, unpublished [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Löwenberg , "Manch Bild vergessener Zeiten", from Acht Lieder von Heine, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maurice de Mayfield , "Erinnerung (Manch Bild vergang'ner Zeiten)" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Manch Bild vergessener Zeiten", 1878, fragment (30 bars) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Iain Sneddon) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 38, first published 1827
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (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: 24
Word count: 119
Many a shade from forgotten times Rises from its grave, And shows how near to you I had once lived. By day, dreaming, I staggered through the streets; People looked at me in surprise, I was so sad and silent. At night it was better, The streets were empty; My shadow and I, together We walked in silence. With echoing footsteps I cross the bridge; The moon broke out from the clouds, And greeted me with a serious beam. I stopped in front of your house And stared upwards, And stared at your window - My heart ached so much. I know you looked out the window, often looked down upon me below And you saw me in the moonlight Standing like a pillar.
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Translations of title(s):
"Erinnerung (Manch Bild vergang'ner Zeiten)" = "Rememberance"
"Manch Bild vergessener Zeit" = "Many a shade from forgotten times"
"Manch Bild vergessener Zeiten" = "Many a shade from forgotten times"
"Manch' Bild vergess'ner Zeiten" = "Many a shade from forgotten times"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Iain Sneddon, (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. 38
This text was added to the website: 2023-01-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 123