by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation by Franz Hüffer (1843 - 1889)
Morgens steh' ich auf und frage
Language: German (Deutsch)
Morgens steh' ich auf und frage: Kommt feins Liebchen heut? Abends sink' ich hin und klage: Aus blieb sie auch heut. In der Nacht mit meinem Kummer lieg' ich schlaflos, [wach]1; träumend, wie im halben Schlummer, träumend wandle ich bei Tag.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Hecht, Schumann: "lieg ich wach"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 1 [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 Arshak Andriasov , "Morgens steh ich auf und frage", op. 10 (Six Romances for Tenor and Piano) no. 3 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elof Benktander (1894 - 1975), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 9 no. 1 (1918) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Günter Bialas (1907 - 1992), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", from Aus der Matratzengruft: ein Liederspiel nach und mit Heinrich Heine: 1991, I. Teil: O Liebe! no. 4: Drei Liebeslieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by János Bókay (b. 1858), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", published 1925, from Heine-dalok, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Boos von Waldeck , "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", from Fünfzig Lieder und Gesänge, no. 20 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leon Carolus Bouman (1852 - 1919), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 1 (Drei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 13 (Zehn Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 10 (1906?8) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Claussnitzer (1867 - 1924), "Melancholie", op. 2 (Sieben kleine Chöre für vier Männerstimmen) no. 1, published 1896 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Loebel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Cornelius Hendrick Coster (1854 - 1902), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Köln, Alt & Uhrig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", from Liederkreis, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Dietz , "Kommt Feinsliebchen heut'?", op. 1 (Acht Lieder und Gesänge) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Eggers (1835 - 1861), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Egidi (1859 - 1943), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1889 [ medium voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacob Ekström (1893 - 1950), "Weise", 1914-6, from Två sånger, no. 1, also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Catharinus Elling (1858 - 1942), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 12 no. 7 [ voice and piano ], from Catharinus Elling-Album, no. 7, Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen), Kongelig (Kgl.) Hof-Musikhandel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rachel van Embden (1870 - ?), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 4 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erich van Ennes , "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage " [ voice and piano ], from Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden - Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Erwartung", H. 130 (1871) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Erwartung", H. 133 (1871) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Theodor Flodin (1858 - 1925), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", from Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Kommt feins Liebchen heut'?", op. 25 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jan Karol Gall (1856 - 1912), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder von Heinrich Heine für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Gelhaar , "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri Hartog , "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 20 (Drei Liebeslieder) no. 2, published 1873 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Hecht (1832 - 1887), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", from Drei Lieder, no. 1, [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lennart Hedwall (b. 1932), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", 1974-5 [ mezzo-soprano and clarinet ], from Heine-Svit : Fem sånger, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henrik Hennings (1848 - 1923), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 18 (Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 12, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], from [Sechs] Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 4, Kopenhagen, Prior (Leipzig, Kistner) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hedwig Hertz , "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", published 1867 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Caspar René Hirschfeld (b. 1965), "Erwartung", op. 52 (10 heimliche Liebeslieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Noel Johnson (1863 - 1916), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", published 1904, from Three songs from Heine, no. 1, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Walter Edmond von Kalinowsky (b. 1902), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801 - 1878), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", published 1879? [ voice and piano ], from Sånger och Visor vid Pianoforte. Efterlemnade Sånger, no. 197 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", S. 290 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Fonteyn Manney (1872 - 1951), "Kommt Feins liebchen heut'? ", op. 3 (Five songs) no. 2, published 1897 [ medium voice and piano ], also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Marcks , "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 10 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Guido Nakonz (1833 - 1907), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. Neupert , "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", from Fünf Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by K. G. Ochsner , "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 1 (Sex sange) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 21 (Sechs Lieder ) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", op. 24 no. 1 (1840), published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis von Heinrich Heine, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by M. Spiro , "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", from Sieben Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Sturm , "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", published 1956 [ soprano and flute ], from Heine Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden", 2014 [ voice and piano ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation (C. A. ) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Frank Bridge.
- Also set in English, a translation by Franz Hüffer (1843 - 1889) , "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 15, first published 1887 ; composed by Frank Bridge, William Bertram Collingwood, Florence Hull, William Noel Johnson.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Charles Fonteyn Manney.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), adapted by Joseph Suder (1892 - 1980) [an adaptation] ; composed by Joseph Suder.
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- Also set in Romanian (Română), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Sabin Vasile Drăgoi.
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- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ragnar Althén, Jacob Ekström.
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- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by M. Litvinets ; composed by Dmytro Lvovych Klebanov.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "'s Morgens sta ik op en vraag ik", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Every morning I awake and ask", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "La mattina mi sveglio e domando", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42
Rising when the dawn still faint is
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Rising when the dawn still faint is, Asking, "Will she come?" Late at eventide my plaint is, "Ah! she did not come!" In the night-time with my sorrow Waking still I lie, And the day-dream of the morrow Passes sadly by.
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Poet given as "F. Hueffler" in one score.Text Authorship:
- by Franz Hüffer (1843 - 1889), "Morgens steh' ich auf und frage", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 15, 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 Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 1
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "Rising when the dawn still faint is", 1903, published 1905 [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs [Heine], no. 3, note: the melody was re-used with a different text in 'Dawn and evening' in 1916 in Four Lyrics [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Bertram Collingwood , "Rising when the dawn still faint is ", published 1904, from Two Songs (Second Set) , no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Florence Hull , "Rising when the dawn still faint is ", published 1925, from Three songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Noel Johnson (1863 - 1916), "Rising when the dawn still faint is ", published 1904, from Three songs from Heine, no. 1, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2012-11-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 41