Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt,
Umflattert sie tausendmal,
Ihn selber aber goldig [zart]1
Umflattert der [liebende]2 Sonnenstrahl.

[Jedoch]3, in wen ist die Rose verliebt?
Das wüßt' ich gar [zu]4 gern.
Ist es die singende Nachtigall?
[Ist es]5 der schweigende Abendstern?

Ich weiß nicht, in [wen]6 die Rose verliebt;
Ich aber lieb' euch all:
[Rose]7, Schmetterling, Sonnenstrahl,
Abendstern und Nachtigall.

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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 241.

¹ Stanford: "und zart"
² omitted by Lang.
³ Lang: "doch"
⁴ Stanford: "so"
⁵ Lang: "oder"
⁶ Urspruch: "wen ist"
⁷ Lang: "O Rose"

Authorship

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, 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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 481 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Altmann (1865 - 1924), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 10 (Drei Duette) no. 1 [ duet for 2 female voices and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Belcsák , "Aus Heine's Neue Gedichte", op. 81 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joseph Deiller , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 15 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 38 (Sechs Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 2, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 1 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Bösendorfer  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871 - 1937), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 14 (Vier Heine-Lieder = Four Heine Songs) no. 2, published 1899, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
• by Julius Hagemann (b. 1863), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 4 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by G. Hazslinsky , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hedwig Hertz , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", published 1867 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 20 (Zwölf Lieder), Heft 1 no. 6, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
• by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Der Schmetterling", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1838), published 1847 [ soprano and piano ], Mainz, Antwerpen, und Brüssel: B. Schott's Söhne [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ida van Malden , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", published 1907 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by R. Mamlok , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 4 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Adolph Bernhard Marx (1795 - 1866), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 14 (Ein Frühlingsspiel in drei mal drei Gedichten), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1845 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Mögele (1834 - 1907), "Alles liebet", op. 16 (Drei Lieder für Sopran mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1885 [ soprano and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
• by George Posca , "Rosenlied", op. 14 ([Sechs] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Haring [sung text not yet checked]
• by Louis Rée (1861 - 1939), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Louis Rée (1861 - 1939), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1890 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Protze [sung text not yet checked]
• by Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856 - 1938), "Der Schmetterling", published 1907 [ medium voice and piano ], from Three German Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by J. Schaureck , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Konrad Schröder , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 1 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Aug. Schumann , "Der Schmetterling", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Baden-Baden, Sommermeyer [sung text not yet checked]
• by M. B. Schwemer , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Moritz Siering (1821 - 1892), "Frühlingslied", op. 16 (Vier Gesänge) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by A. von Sigmond , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 20, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 4 (Six Songs of Heine) no. 6, published 1876 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 5 no. 5, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Rosenlieder. Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Mario Van Overeem , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", from Neuer Frühling: 44 Lieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Wenn ich liebe", op. 46 (Sieben Gedichte aus dem 'Neuen Frühling' von Heinrich Heine) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ignaz J. Waghalter (1882 - 1949), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 11 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, pages 194-5, first published 1887 ; composed by George Frederick Boyle, Garnet Wolseley Cox.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Alma Strettell (1856 - 1939) ; composed by Henry Kimball Hadley.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Christopher Edward Rowley.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le papillon est amoureux de la rose", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Ted Perry , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

The Butterfly is in love with the Rose
    And hovers around her alway,
But a golden Sunbeam loves him again,
    And flutters around him all day.
 
But tell me, with whom is the Rose in love?
    That would I know soonest by far;
Or is it the singing Nightingale?
    Or the silent Evening Star?
 
I know not with whom is the Rose in love;
    But I love you all as ye are:
The Butterfly, Sunbeam, and Nightingale,
    The Rose, and the Evening Star.