Dans mes jeunes années j'ai aussi

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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Habe auch, in jungen Jahren

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Habe auch, in jungen Jahren,
Manches bittre Leid erfahren
Von der Liebe Glut.
Doch das Holz ist gar zu teuer,
Und erlöschen will das Feuer,
Ma foi! und das ist gut.

Das bedenke, junge Schöne,
Schicke fort die dumme Träne,
Und den dummen Liebesharm.
Ist das Leben dir geblieben,
So vergiß das alte Lieben,
Ma foi! in meinem Arm.

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Text Authorship:

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 75 [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 Norbert Linke (b. 1933), "Habe auch, in jungen Jahren", published 1959 [ male voice and piano ], from Sechs Heine-Lieder, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Ma foi!", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 75 [sung text not yet checked]

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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Dans mes jeunes années j'ai aussi

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Dans mes jeunes années j'ai aussi
Éprouvé beaucoup de peines amères
Nées des braises de l'amour.
Cependant le bois est bien trop cher,
Et le feu va s'éteindre,
Ma foi ! et c'est bien.

Pense à celà, jeune beauté,
Rejette cette larme stupide,
Et ce stupide chagrin d'amour.
S'il te reste la vie,
Alors oublie les amours anciennes,
Ma foi ! dans mes bras.

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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. 75
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