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Wenn ich an deinem Hause Des Morgens vorübergeh, So freuts mich, du liebe Kleine, Wenn ich dich am Fenster seh. Mit deinen schwarzbraunen Augen Siehst du mich forschend an: Wer bist du, und was fehlt dir, Du fremder, kranker Mann? "Ich in ein deutscher Dichter, Bekannt im deutschen Land; Nennt man die besten Namen, So wird auch der meine genannt. Und was mir fehlt, du Kleine, Fehlt manchem im deutschen Land; Nennt man die schlimmsten Schmerzen, So wird auch der meine genannt."
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 13 [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 Adolf Arensen (b. 1855), "Wenn ich an deinem Hause", published 1884 [low voice and piano], from Fünf Lieder, no. 1, Hamburg, Schuberth ; Hofmeister gives composer as Ad. A. Arenson [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Ina Bottelier (b. 1943), "Wenn ich an deinem Hause", 1987, published 1989 [soprano with piano (or harpsichord) and contrabass (or cello)], from Gedanken zu Die Heimkehr, no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Reiner Bredemeyer (1929 - 1995), "Duett", published 1976 [voice and guitar with instrumental ensemble ad libitum], from Heine-Lieder: 15 Lieder, no. 4. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Carl Gottlieb Erfurt (1807 - 1856), "Wenn ich an deinem Hause", from Deutsche Lieder (Zweite Sammlung), no. 5. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Georg Geyger , "Wenn ich an deinem Hause", op. 2 (Drei Gedichte von H. Heine) no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Benjamin Lambord (1879 - 1915), "Wenn ich an deinem Hause", op. 2 (Six tenor songs from Heinrich Heine) no. 4. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by V. Schmidt-Ernsthausen , "Dichters Klage", from Fünf Lieder, no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Wenn ich an deinem Hause", op. 1 no. 104 (1948), published 1972, from Elf Heine-liederen, no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Der deutsche Dichter", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 13. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 82
Lorsque le matin Je passe devant ta maison Je suis heureux, chère petite, Quand je te vois à la fenêtre. De tes yeux bruns-noirs Tu me regardes, demandant : Qui es-tu et que te manque-t-il Toi,étranger malade ? «Je suis un poète allemand, Connu au pays allemand ; Quand on cite les noms les plus célèbres, Alors on cite aussi le mien. Et ce qui me manque, petite, Manque à beaucoup au pays allemand ; Quand on parle de la pire douleur, Alors on parle aussi de la mienne.»
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 13
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 89