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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Ich bin die Prinzessin Ilse
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Ich bin die Prinzessin Ilse,
Und wohne im Ilsenstein;
Komm mit nach meinem Schlosse,
Wir wollen selig sein.

Dein Haupt will ich benetzen
Mit meiner klaren Well,
Du sollst deine Schmerzen vergessen,
Du sorgenkranker Gesell!

In meinen weißen Armen,
An meiner weißen Brust,
Da sollst du liegen und träumen
Von alter Märchenlust.

Ich will dich küssen und herzen,
Wie ich geherzt und geküßt
Den lieben Kaiser Heinrich,
Der nun gestorben ist.

Es bleiben tot die Toten,
Und nur der Lebendige lebt;
Und ich bin schön und blühend,
Mein lachendes Herze bebt.

Komm in mein Schloß herunter,
In mein kristallenes Schloß.
Dort tanzen Fräulein und Ritter,
Es jubelt der Knappentroß.

Es rauschen die seidenen Schleppen,
Es klirren die Eisensporn,
Die Zwerge trompeten und pauken,
Und fiedeln und blasen das Horn.

Doch dich soll mein Arm umschlingen,
Wie er Kaiser Heinrich umschlang; -
Ich hielt ihm zu die Ohren,
Wenn die Trompet erklang.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Die Ilse", appears in Buch der Lieder, in Aus der Harzreise, no. 6 [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 Hermann Beck , "Prinzessin Ilse = Die Ilse" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Becker (1811 - 1859), "Die Ilse. Romanze von Heine", op. 16 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Carl) August Fischer (1828 - 1892), "Die Ilse ", from Lieder, Heft 1, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Leonard Johann Heinrich) Albert Fuchs (1858 - 1910), "Die Ilse ", published 1879 [ mezzo-soprano or soprano or tenor and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Sopran oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Die Prinzessin Ilse", op. 8, published 1848 [ soprano and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Olivier Greif (1950 - 2000), "The ballad of Gulliver in his mother's cunt - including : "Die Ilse" a poem by Heinrich Heine", op. 39 no. 2 (1972) [ mezzo-soprano with clarinet, string quartet, piano and percussion ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Hardt , "Prinzessin Ilse", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Berlin, Sulzer Nachf. Sort. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Ludwig) Bernhard Hopffer (1840 - 1877), "Prinzessin Ilse ", op. 18, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Hürse , "Die Ilse ", published 1890 [ medium voice and piano ], from Drei Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Magdeburg, Haushahn's Sort [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Th. Ivanov , "Ich bin die Prinzessin Ilse" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (1847 - 1902), "Die Ilse", op. 29 (Vier Gesänge für 1 tiefere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1886 [ low voice and piano ], Berlin, Sulzer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Die Ilse", op. 49 (Sechs deutsche Gesänge) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emanuel Moór (1863 - 1931), "Prinzessin Ilse", published 1900 [ voice and piano ], München, Schmid Nachf. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Reichel (1820 - 1896), "Die Prinzessin Ilse", op. 5 (Vier Gesänge) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolay Vladimirovich Shcherbachyov (1853 - 1922), "Die Ilse", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 6, Hamburg, Rahter [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Prinzeß Ilse", op. 55, published 1843 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by H. S. Montgomerie ; composed by Katherine Coates.
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  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Wilhelm Aleksandrovich Sorgenfrei (1882 - 1938) ; composed by Rostislav Grigor'yevich Boyko.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ilse", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-03
Line count: 32
Word count: 150

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