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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Auf den Wällen Salamankas
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Auf den Wällen Salamankas
sind die Lüfte lind und labend;
dort, mit meiner holden Donna,
wandle ich am Sommerabend.

Um den schlanken Leib der Schönen
hab ich meinen Arm gebogen,
und mit selgem Finger fühl ich
ihres Busens stolzes Wogen.

Doch ein ängstliches Geflüster
zieht sich durch die Lindenbäume,
und der dunkle Mühlbach unten
murmelt böse, bange Träume.

"Ach, Señora, Ahnung sagt mir:
Einst wird man mich relegieren,
und auf Salamankas Wällen
gehn wir nimmermehr spazieren."

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Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 80 [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 Blagoje Bersa (1873 - 1934), "Auf den Wällen Salamankas" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Swan Hennessy (1866 - 1929), "Auf den Wällen Salamankas", op. 42 (Trois chansons espagnoles) no. 2 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Auf den Wällen Salamankas", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 80 [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


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 76

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