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Ich hab mir lang den Kopf zerbrochen, Mit Denken und Sinnen, Tag und Nacht, Doch deine liebenswürdigen Augen, Sie haben mich zum Entschluß gebracht. Jetzt bleib ich, wo deine Augen leuchten, In ihrer süßen, klugen Pracht - Daß ich noch einmal würde lieben, Ich hätt es nimmermehr gedacht.
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 59, first published 1823-4 [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 Jan Levolslav (Johann Leopold) Bella (1843 - 1936), "Ich hätt' es nimmermehr gedacht", op. 12 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published 1882. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd (1852 - 1920), "Ich hab mir lang den Kopf zerbrochen", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitungr) no. 3, published 1887 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Belaieff [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Pierre Even (b. 1946), "Ich hab mir lang den Kopf zerbrochen", op. 47 (Du bist wie eine Blume : drei Lieder nach Heinrich Heine) no. 3, published c2007. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905 - 1988), "Ich hätt es nimmermehr gedacht" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Ernst Otto Nodnagel (1870 - 1909), "Ich hätt' es nimmermehr gedacht", op. 21 (Fünf lyrische Rezitative) no. 1 (1895). [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Ich hab mir lang den Kopf zerbrochen", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 59. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , "Ich hab mir lang den Kopf zerbrochen", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, page 112, first published 1887
- 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.
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Pendant longtemps je me suis cassé la tête Avec des pensées et des songes, jour et nuit, Pourtant tes yeux charmants M'ont amené à me décider. Maintenant je reste où brillent tes yeux, Dans leur douce et sage splendeur - Que je puisse encore une fois aimer, Je ne l'aurais jamais pensé.
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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. 59, first published 1823-4
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 52