by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Emma Lazarus (1849 - 1887)
Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne
Language: German (Deutsch)
Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne, Die Lämmerheerde läutet von fern: Mein Liebchen, mein Lamm, meine Sonne und Wonne, Noch einmal säh' ich dich gar zu gern! Ich schaue hinauf mit spähender Miene, "Leb' wohl, mein Kind, ich wandre von hier!" Vergebens! es regt sich keine Gardine; Sie liegt noch und schläft und träumt von mir.
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Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 83 [author's text not yet checked 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 Maria Bach (1896 - 1978), "Morgengruß", 1919 [ soprano and piano ], Wiener Stadt- und Landesbibliothek [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Sommerzyklus, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerald M. Ginsburg (b. 1933), "Pastoral", 2001, published c2003 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Hasse (1834 - 1889), "Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne", op. 13 (Vier Gesänge) no. 3, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Über die Berge", 1828 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder ohne Namen (1820-1844), no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Kuczynski (1846 - 1897), "Über die Berge", published 18-?, from Vierzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Morgengruß", op. 47 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 (1839) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Herbert Frederick Birch Reynardson , "Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne", published 1892, from Sieben Lieder, no. 1, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hatto Ständer (1929 - 2000), "Über die Berge", published c2006 [ high soprano and piano ], from Neun Lieder (1946-1954), no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Sturm , "Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne", published 1956 [ soprano and flute ], from Heine Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 83 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Weismann (1879 - 1950), "Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne", 1921 [ voice and piano ], from 9 Lieder, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Bernardino Zendrini (1839 - 1879) ; composed by Edoardo Aromatari.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Marty Lucas) , "Morning greetings", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , "Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 121, first published 1887
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 57
Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Lo, on the mountains the sunbeams' first kiss! The bells of the herd ring afar on the plain, My darling, my lambkin, my sun and my bliss, Oh, fain would I see thee and greet thee again! I gaze on thy windows with curious eyes -- Farewell, dearest child, I must vanish for thee, In vain! for the curtain moves not -- there she lies, There slumbers she still -- and dreams about me!
Text Authorship:
- by Emma Lazarus (1849 - 1887), "Über die Berge steigt schon die Sonne", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 121, first published 1887 [author's text checked 1 time 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. 83
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: 71