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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Ein jeder hat zu diesem Feste
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Ein jeder hat zu diesem Feste 
Sein liebes Liebchen mitgebracht, 
Und freut sich der blühenden Sommernacht; 
Ich wandle allein, mir fehlt das Beste.

Ich wandle allein gleich einem Kranken! 
Ich fliehe die Lust, ich fliehe den Tanz 
Und die schöne Musik und den Lampenglanz; -
In England sind meine Gedanken.

Ich breche Rosen, ich breche Nelken, 
Zerstreuten Sinnes und kummervoll; 
Ich weiß nicht, wem ich sie geben soll; 
Mein Herz und die Blumen verwelken.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Katharina, no. 8 [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 Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Ein jeder hat zu diesem Feste " [ voice and piano ], from Katharina, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Ein jeder hat zu diesem Feste", 2007, published c2007-8 [ high voice and piano ], from Verschiedene : vol. 2, Clarisse-Tragödie, no. 26 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Mir fehlt das Beste", op. 39 (Sechs Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 5 (1867?), published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wilhelm Stehle , "Ein jeder hat zu diesem Feste", published 1877 [ high voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 4, Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 73

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