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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Wenn ich an deinem Hause
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
Chosen for Diff
Wenn ich an deinem Hause
Des Morgens vorübergeh,
So freuts mich, du liebe Kleine,
Wenn ich dich am Fenster seh.

Mit deinen schwarzbraunen Augen
Siehst du mich forschend an:
Wer bist du, und was fehlt dir,
Du fremder, kranker Mann?

"Ich in ein deutscher Dichter,
Bekannt im deutschen Land;
Nennt man die besten Namen,
So wird auch der meine genannt.

Und was mir fehlt, du Kleine,
Fehlt manchem im deutschen Land;
Nennt man die schlimmsten Schmerzen,
So wird auch der meine genannt."

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Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 13 [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 Adolf Arensen (b. 1855), "Wenn ich an deinem Hause", published 1884 [ low voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder, no. 1, Hamburg, Schuberth ; Hofmeister gives composer as Ad. A. Arenson [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ina Bottelier (b. 1943), "Wenn ich an deinem Hause", 1987, published 1989 [ soprano with piano (or harpsichord) and contrabass (or cello) ], from Gedanken zu Die Heimkehr, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Reiner Bredemeyer (1929 - 1995), "Duett", published 1976 [ voice and guitar with instrumental ensemble ad libitum ], from Heine-Lieder: 15 Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Gottlieb Erfurt (1807 - 1856), "Wenn ich an deinem Hause", from Deutsche Lieder (Zweite Sammlung), no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Georg Geyger , "Wenn ich an deinem Hause", op. 2 (Drei Gedichte von H. Heine) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benjamin Lambord (1879 - 1915), "Wenn ich an deinem Hause", op. 2 (Six tenor songs from Heinrich Heine) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by V. Schmidt-Ernsthausen , "Dichters Klage", from Fünf Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Wenn ich an deinem Hause", op. 1 (124 liederen : 1925-1969) no. 104 (1948), published 1972, from Elf Heine-liederen, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Der deutsche Dichter", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 13 [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: 82

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