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Das Herz ist mir bedrückt, und sehnlich gedenke ich der alten Zeit; die Welt war damals noch so wöhnlich, und ruhig lebten hin die Leut. Doch jetzt ist alles wie verschoben, das ist ein Drängen! eine Not! Gestorben ist der Herrgott oben, und unten ist der Teufel tot. Und alles schaut so grämlich trübe, so krausverwirrt und morsch und kalt, und wäre nicht das bißchen Liebe, so gäb es nirgends einen Halt.
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Authorship
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 39 [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 Yehezkel Braun (b. 1922), "Das Herz ist mir bedrückt", 2006, published 2006 [baritone and piano], from Spätlese aus Heinrich Heines Gedichte, no. 6. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Karen De Pastel (b. 1949), "Das Herz ist mir bedrückt", 1974 [voice and piano], from Sieben Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine, no. 3. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Walter Thomas Heyn (b. 1953), "Das Herz ist mir bedrückt, und sehnlich", op. 63 (Lebensgruß : 10 Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 4, published c2003. [low voice and guitar] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Tilo Medek (b. 1940), "Das bißchen Liebe", 1983. [medium voice and piano or guitar] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Ludwig Rottenberg (1864 - 1932), "Das Herz ist mir bedrückt", published 1914, from Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Schild (b. 1960), "Das Herz ist mir bedrückt", 1989, from Drei Gesänge nach Texten von Heinrich Heine, no. 2. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Das Herz ist mir bedrückt, und sehnlich", published 1851 [voice and piano], from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 39. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , "Das Herz ist mir bedrückt, und sehnlich", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 105, first published 1887
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "J'ai le cœur oppressé et nostalgique", 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.
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J'ai le cœur oppressé et nostalgique Je pense aux temps anciens ; Autrefois le monde était encore si agréable Et les gens y vivaient sereinement. Pourtant maintenant tout est changé, C'est une urgence ! un besoin ! Là-haut le Seigneur Dieu a trépassé Et en bas le diable est mort. Et tout semble si morose et trouble, Si déconcertant et pourri et froid ; Et s'il n'y avait le plus petit brin d'amour Il n' y aurait nulle part de réconfort.
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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. 39
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-01
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Word count: 81