Am leuchtenden [Sommermorgen]1
Geh' ich im Garten herum.
Es flüstern und sprechen die Blumen,
[Ich aber, ich wandle stumm.]2

Es flüstern und sprechen die Blumen,
Und [schaun]3 mitleidig mich an:
Sei [unserer]4 Schwester nicht böse,
Du trauriger blasser Mann.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 150.

¹ Gaul: "Frühlingsmorgen"; further changes may exist not shown above.
² R. Schumann follows Heine's original version: "Ich aber wandle stumm".
³ Franz: "schauen"
⁴ Franz, R. Schumann: "unsrer"

Authorship:

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 45 [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 Ferdinand Gottfried Baake (1800 - 1881), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 13 (Junge Leiden : 13 Gedichte von Heinrich Heine) no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Philipp Bade , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 3 (Vier Lieder für 1 Männerstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1896 [ male voice and piano ], Offenbach, André  [sung text not yet checked]
• by János Bókay (b. 1858), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", published 1925, from Heine-dalok, no. 17 [sung text not yet checked]
• by P. Brönner , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 12 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Charlotte von Bülow (1817 - 1908), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", published 1870 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder, no. 2, Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
• by L. Deland , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 3 (Vier Lieder von Heine) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Anton Deprosse (1838 - 1878), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 26 (Sieben Lieder) no. 7, published 1868 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nicola Dmitrieff , "Poetischer Einfall", from Herbstblätter: Sechs Lieder von Heine, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Dörr , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Armand Erdös (1878 - 1920), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", published 19--?, from Zwölf deutsche Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Für Bitte der Blumen", H. 116 (1868) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Sommerzyklus, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 11 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 2, published 1847 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Stern & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
• by (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", published 1879 [ mezzo-soprano or soprano or tenor and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Sopran oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
• by Fritz Gaul , "Wanderlied", published 1895 [ tenor and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme und Pianoforte, no. 6, Leipzig, Buselmeier  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Grenzebach , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", published 18-?, from Sechs Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 2 (Vier Gesänge) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", 1827, published c2003 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Hermann (1869 - 1912), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 1 (Zwölf kleine Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1893 [ medium voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
• by Christian Jost (b. 1963), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", 2017 [ soprano or tenor, string quartet, flute, clarinet, harp, percussion, piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 13, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", 1994-5, published c1998 [ tenor and piano ], from Ein Liederbuch nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, Abteilung I, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Liebig J. Lärum , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", from Zwei Gesänge, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Laser (1864 - 1905), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 5 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1869 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Fredric Myrow , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen" [ soprano, flute, viola, and 2 cellos ], from Vier Lieder im Frühling, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by František Pivoda (1824 - 1898), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 101 no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by John Rea (b. 1944), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", 1986, published 1922 [ duet for 2 sopranos with clarinet ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Martin Roeder (1851 - 1895), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 48 no. 12 (1840), published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Dichterliebe, no. 12, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Friedrich Siebmann , "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 47 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 [ alto or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Wilhelm Stade (1817 - 1902), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 4 (Vier [Fünf] Lieder von H. Heine) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Josef Sucher (1843 - 1908), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Marcel Tyberg (1893 - 1944), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen" [ voice and piano ], from Song Cycle from Heinrich Heine'€™s Lyrischen Intermezzo, no. 15 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen", op. 6 (Liebeslieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine), Heft 5 no. 1, published 1876 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Venth (1860 - 1938), "Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen" [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Oscar Strasnoy (b. 1970), "Die Linde blühte, die Nachtigall sang" [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ], from Heine, no. 8
  • View the full text. [sung text not yet checked]
    

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "En un lluminós matí d'estiu", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Jan Rot) , "Een zwoelige zomermorgen", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Op 'n stralende zomermorgen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Paul Hindemith) , "On a shining summer morning", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English [singable] (John Todhunter) , "Poetical idea", first published <<1907
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Charles Beltjens) , no title, appears in Intermezzo lyrique, no. 45, first published 1827
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) (Effimia Gianniou) , "Ένα ηλιόλουστο καλοκαιριάτ_", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Assaf Levitin) (Michal Levitin) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Una luminosa mattina d'estate", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Wilson Hidalgo) , "En una luminosa mañana de verano", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

In the glimmering summer morning
I pace the garden alone;
The flowers are whisp'ring and speaking,
But silently wander I on.

The flowers are whisp'ring and speaking,
My form with compassion they scan:
"O pray be kind to our sister,
Thou mournful and pale-faced man!"