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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Worte! Worte! keine Taten!
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Worte! Worte! keine Taten!
Niemals Fleisch, geliebte Puppe,
Immer Geist und keinen Braten,
Keine Knödel in der Suppe!

Doch vielleicht ist dir zuträglich
Nicht die wilde Lendenkraft,
Welche galoppieret täglich
Auf dem Roß der Leidenschaft.

Ja, ich fürchte fast, es riebe,
Zartes Kind, dich endlich auf
Jene wilde Jagd der Liebe,
Amors Steeple-chase-Wettlauf.

Viel gesünder, glaub ich schier,
Ist für dich ein kranker Mann
Als Liebhaber, der gleich mir
Kaum ein Glied bewegen kann.

Deshalb unsrem Herzensbund,
Liebste, widme deine Triebe;
Solches ist dir sehr gesund,
Eine Art Gesundheitsliebe.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1845-1856, no. 63 [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 David Leonard Blake (b. 1936), "Lotosblume 2", published 1981 [ high voice and instrumental ensemble (11 instruments) ], from From the mattress grave : a cycle of twelve songs to poems by Heine, no. 10 [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Otokar Fischer) , "Slova, slova!"
  • ENG English [singable] (Peter Palmer) , "Lotus 2", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-10
Line count: 20
Word count: 89

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