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Der Schmetterling ist in die [Rose]1 verliebt, Umflattert sie tausendmal, Ihn selber aber goldig [zart]2 Umflattert der [liebende Sonnenstrahl]3. [Jedoch]4, in wen ist die Rose verliebt? Das wüßt' ich gar [zu]5 gern. Ist es die singende Nachtigall? [Ist es]6 der schweigende Abendstern? Ich weiß nicht, in [wen]7 die [Rose]1 verliebt; Ich aber lieb' euch all: [Rose]8, Schmetterling, Sonnenstrahl, Abendstern und Nachtigall.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 241.
1 Goldschmidt: "Ros'"2 Stanford: "und zart"
3 Lang: "Sonnenstrahl"
4 Lang: "doch"
5 Stanford: "so"
6 Lang: "oder"
7 Urspruch: "wen ist"
8 Lang: "O Rose"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 7 [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 481 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Altmann (1865 - 1924), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 10 (Drei Duette) no. 1 [ duet for 2 female voices and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Belcsák , "Aus Heine's Neue Gedichte", op. 81 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joseph Deiller , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 15 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 38 (Sechs Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 2, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adalbert von Goldschmidt (1848 - 1906), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 1 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Bösendorfer  [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henry Kimball Hadley (1871 - 1937), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 14 (Vier Heine-Lieder = Four Heine Songs) no. 2, published 1899, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Hagemann (b. 1863), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 4 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Köln, vom Ende [sung text not yet checked]
- by G. Hazslinsky , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 5 (Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Derek Healey (b. 1936), "Schmetterling", op. 137 no. 3 (2014) [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Heinelieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hedwig Hertz , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", published 1867 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder von Heinrich Heine, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 20 (Zwölf Lieder), Heft 1 no. 6, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Der Schmetterling", op. 13 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4 (1838), published 1840/1 [ voice and piano ], München: K. b. Hof Musikalien-Handlung von Falter & Sohn und Jos. Aibl (1840/1); Mainz, Antwerpen, und Brüssel: B. Schott's Söhne (1847) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ida van Malden , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", published 1907 [ medium voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by R. Mamlok , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 4 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph Bernhard Marx (1795 - 1866), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 14 (Ein Frühlingsspiel in drei mal drei Gedichten), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1845 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Mögele (1834 - 1907), "Alles liebet", op. 16 (Drei Lieder für Sopran mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1885 [ soprano and piano ], Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mario van Overeem (1872 - 1946), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", from Neuer Frühling: 44 Lieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Posca , "Rosenlied", op. 14 ([Sechs] Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Haring [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Rée (1861 - 1939), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 17 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Rée (1861 - 1939), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1890 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Protze [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter (1856 - 1938), "Der Schmetterling", published 1907 [ medium voice and piano ], from Three German Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Schaureck , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien, Wetzler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Konrad Schröder , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 1 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aug. Schumann , "Der Schmetterling", op. 9 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Baden-Baden, Sommermeyer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie Bettina Schwemer , "Schmetterling und Rose", published 1884 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Frankfurt a/M., Henkel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Moritz Siering (1821 - 1892), "Frühlingslied", op. 16 (Vier Gesänge) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by A. von Sigmond , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 20, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 4 (Six Songs of Heine) no. 6 (1874), published 1876 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Urspruch (1850 - 1907), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 5 no. 5, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Rosenlieder. Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Wenn ich liebe", op. 46 (Sieben Gedichte aus dem 'Neuen Frühling' von Heinrich Heine) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ignaz J. Waghalter (1882 - 1949), "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", op. 11 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) , "Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, pages 194-5, first published 1887 ; composed by George Frederick Boyle, Garnet Wolseley Cox.
- Also set in English, a translation by Alma Strettell (1856 - 1939) ; composed by Henry Kimball Hadley.
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Christopher Edward Rowley.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le papillon est amoureux de la rose", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Ted Perry , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 61
Le papillon est amoureux de la rose, Il volette mille fois autour d'elle, Mais lui-même, fragile et doré Flotte dans [l 'amoureuse]1 lumière du soleil. Mais alors, de qui la rose est-elle amoureuse ? J'aimerais [bien]2 le savoir. Est-ce du rossignol chanteur ? [Est-ce]3 de l'étoile du soir muette ? Je ne sais de qui la rose est amoureuse ; Mais moi je vous aime tous : [Rose]4 papillon, rayon de soleil, Étoile du soir et rossignol.
1 Lang : "la"
2Lang: "trop"
3 Lang: "ou"
4 Lang: "O rose"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Neuer Frühling, no. 7
This text was added to the website: 2011-02-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 72