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So wandl' ich wieder den alten Weg, Die wohlbekannten Gassen; Ich komme vor meiner Liebsten Haus, Das steht so leer und verlassen. Die Straßen sind doch gar zu eng! Das Pflaster ist unerträglich! Die Häuser fallen mir auf den Kopf! Ich eile so viel als möglich!
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 18 [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 Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "So wandl' ich wieder den alten Weg", op. 13 (Zehn Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 1 (1906?) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "So wandl' ich wieder den alten Weg", op. 6 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6 (1878), published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Rottenberg (1864 - 1932), "So wandl' ich wieder den alten Weg", published 1914, from Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "So wandl' ich wieder den alten Weg", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 18 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Robert Caby.
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- 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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Ainsi je parcours à nouveau l'ancien chemin, Les ruelles bien connues ; J'arrive devant la maison de ma bien -aimée Qui est là, vide et abandonnée. Les rues sont bien trop étroites ! Le pavé est insupportable ! Les maisons me tombent sur la tête ! Je me presse autant que possible !
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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. 18
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-01
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Word count: 53