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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Der Sturm spielt auf zum Tanze
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Der Sturm spielt auf zum Tanze,
[Er]1 pfeift und saust und brüllt;
Heisa! wie [springt]2 das Schifflein!
Die Nacht ist lustig und wild.

Ein lebendes Wassergebirge
Bildet die tosende See;
Hier gähnt ein schwarzer Abgrund,
Dort türmt es sich [weiß]3 in die Höh'.

Ein Fluchen, Erbrechen und Beten
Schallt aus der Kajüte heraus;
Ich halte mich fest [am]4 Mastbaum
Und wünsche: Wär ich zu Haus!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Lachner 

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1 Lachner: "es"
2 Lachner: "springet"
3 Lachner: "weit"
4 Lachner: "an den"

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 11 [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 Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Wär' ich zu Haus", op. 34 (Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine) no. 3 [ voice, piano, and violoncello (or flute, violin, horn) ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Der Sturm spielt auf zum Tanze", published 1851 [ voice and piano ], from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Philip Wolfrum (1854 - 1919), "Der Sturm spielt auf zum Tanze", op. 5 (Lieder und Gesänge, Heft I) no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Walter Thomas Heyn (b. 1953), "Seebild : zwei Gedichte aus dem Zyklus "Die Heimkehr"", op. 63 (Lebensgruß : 10 Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 3, published c2003 [ low voice and guitar ]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La tempête joue une danse", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-02-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 69

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