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Wer zum ersten Male liebt, Seis auch glücklos, ist ein Gott; Aber wer zum zweiten Male Glücklos liebt, der ist ein Narr. Ich, ein solcher Narr, ich liebe Wieder ohne Gegenliebe! Sonne, Mond und Sterne lachen, Und ich lache mit - und sterbe.
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- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 63 [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 Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936), "Wer zum ersten Male liebt", op. 4 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published c1908 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg (1878 - 1962), "Ohne Gegenliebe", op. 12 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952), "Wer zum ersten Male liebt", BVN. 87 (1914) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albrecht von Stein , "Wer zum ersten Male liebt" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Wer zum ersten Male liebt", op. 1 no. 70 (1943), published 1972 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Wer zum ersten Male liebt", op. 1 no. 115 (1949), published 1972, from Drie Heine-liederen, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Wer zum ersten Male liebt", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 63 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Wer zum ersten Male liebt", published 1888? [ voice and piano ], from New Albums of Songs with German and English Words, Volume 2, no. 5, London: Pitt & Hatzfeld, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Emma Lazarus (1849 - 1887) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine ; composed by George Stephenson Oldham.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Maude Valérie White.
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- 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: 2008-02-25
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Word count: 43
Qui aime pour la première fois, Même sans bonheur, est un dieu; Qui pour la seconde fois Aime sans bonheur, celui-là est un fou. Moi, qui suis un tel fou, j'aime Encore une fois sans retour! Le soleil, la lune et les étoiles en rient, Et je ris avec eux - et meurs.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 63
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 53