by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Emma Lazarus (1849 - 1887)
Kaum sahen wir uns, und an Augen und...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Kaum sahen wir uns, und an Augen und Stimme Merkt' ich, daß du mir gewogen bist; Und stand nicht dabei die Mutter, die schlimme, Ich glaube, wir hätten uns gleich geküßt. Und morgen verlasse ich wieder das Städtchen, Und eile fort im alten Lauf; Dann lauert am Fenster mein blondes Mädchen, Und freundliche Grüße werf' ich hinauf.
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Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 82 [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 Louis Samson , "Kaum sahen wir uns, und an Augen und Stimme", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. II. Reihe, Heft V, no. 4, Dresden, Arnold [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Kaum sahen wir uns, und an Augen und Stimme", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 82 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Bernardino Zendrini (1839 - 1879) ; composed by Luigi Ferrari Trecate.
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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
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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 57
We scarcely had met ere thy voice and...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
We scarcely had met ere thy voice and thine eye
Assured me, my darling, that thou wast mine own;
And had not thy mother stood cruelly nigh,
I think I should really have kissed thee anon.
To-morrow again I depart from the town,
And hasten forth on my weary track,
From the window my yellow-haired lass peeps down,
And the friendliest greetings I waft her back.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text 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. 82
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: 2008-05-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 66