by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Emma Lazarus (1849 - 1887)
Ich trat in jene Hallen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): FRE
Ich trat in jene Hallen, Wo sie mir Treue versprochen; Wo einst ihre Tränen gefallen, Sind Schlangen hervorgekrochen.
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Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 19 [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 Aline Hundt , "Ich trat in jene Hallen", op. 3 (Neun Stimmungsbilder) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by P. G. Kulikowskii , "Ich trat in jene Hallen", op. 19 (Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964), "Ich trat in jene Hallen", lost, cited in composer's Tagebuch-Suiten, Oct. 7, 1899 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Schlangenbrut", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 19 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ambrose Davenport.
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Other 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) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-21
Line count: 4
Word count: 18
Here to her vows I listened
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Here to her vows I listened, I tread the empty halls, And where her tear-drops glistened, The poisoned serpent crawls.
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Authorship:
- by Emma Lazarus (1849 - 1887), appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 19
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-04-18
Line count: 4
Word count: 20