Lovely wishes blossom | Lovely wishes blossom

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Die holden Wünsche blühen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

   Die holden Wünsche blühen,
Und welken wieder ab,
Und blühen und welken wieder --
So geht es bis ans Grab.

   Das weiß ich, und das vertrübet
Mir alle Lieb' und Lust;
Mein Herz ist so klug und witzig,
Und verblutet in meiner Brust.

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Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 252.

Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 40 [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Die holden Wünsche blühen", 1838, published 2009 [ voice and piano ], Kassel: Furore Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
by Mario van Overeem (1872 - 1946), "Die holden Wünsche blühen", from Neuer Frühling: 44 Lieder, no. 40 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Lovely wishes blossom", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Lovely wishes blossom

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

   Lovely wishes blossom
And wilt away again,
And blossom and wilt once more --
Thus it goes until the grave.

   That I know, and that beclouds
All love and all joy;
My heart is so clever and witty,
And it bleeds to death within my breast.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2009 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 40
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 46