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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Mit Myrten und Rosen, lieblich und hold
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
[Mit Myrten und Rosen, lieblich und hold,
mit duft'gen Zypressen und Flittergold,
möcht' ich zieren dieß Buch wie 'nen Totenschrein]1,
Und sargen meine Lieder hinein.

O könnt' ich die Liebe sargen hinzu!
[Auf dem]2 Grabe der Liebe wächst Blümlein der Ruh',
da blüht es hervor, da pflückt man es ab, -
doch mir blüht's nur, wenn ich selber im Grab.

Hier sind nun die Lieder, die einst so wild,
wie ein Lavastrom, der dem Ätna entquillt,
Hervorgestürtzt aus dem tiefsten Gemüt,
und rings viel blitzende Funken versprüht!

Nun liegen sie stumm und totengleich,
nun starren sie kalt und nebelbleich,
doch aufs neu die alte Glut sie belebt,
wenn der Liebe Geist einst über sie schwebt.

Und es wird mir im Herzen viel Ahnung laut:
der Liebe Geist einst über sie taut;
einst kommt dies Buch in deine Hand,
du süßes Lieb im fernen Land.

Dann löst sich des Liedes Zauberbann,
die blaßen Buchstaben schaun dich an,
sie schauen dir flehend ins schöne Aug',
und flüstern mit Wehmut und Liebeshauch.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   R. Schumann 

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1 Crabtree and Ehrenstein use a different version of this poem that has the following first three lines:
Mit Rosen, Zypressen und Flittergold
Möcht ich verzieren, lieblich und hold,
Dies Buch wie einen Totenschrein
2 Schumann: "Am"

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 9 [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 Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Mit Rosen, Zypressen und Flittergold", from Liederkreis, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Wolfgang von Ehrenstein (d. 1870), "Mit Rosen, Zypressen und Flittergold", op. 9 (Jugendträume : Muskalische Deklamationen), Heft 1 no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Mit Myrten und Rosen, lieblich und hold " [ voice and piano ], from Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden - Lieder, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sigismund Goldschmidt (1815 - 1877), "Mit Myrten und Rosen, lieblich und hold", op. 3 (Drei Gedichte von Heine und Lenau) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Rebling (1821 - 1902), "Mit Myrten und Rosen, lieblich und hold", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Creutz'sche Buchhandlung [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Mit Myrten und Rosen", op. 24 no. 9 (1840), published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis von Heinrich Heine, no. 9, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden", 2014 [ voice and piano ]
    • View the full text. [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Met mirten en rozen, lief en vertrouwd", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "With myrtle and roses", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Avec des roses, du cyprès et des paillettes", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Con mirti e rose, amabili e soavi", copyright © 2006, (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: 24
Word count: 171

With myrtle and roses
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
 With myrtle and roses, lovely and pretty,
 with fragrant cypresses and gold tinsel,
 I would decorate this book like a coffin
 and bury my songs inside it.
 
 O if only I could bury my love there as well!
 On the grave of Love grows the blossom of peace;
 it blooms and then is plucked, -
 yet it will bloom for me only when I am myself in the grave.
 
 Here now are the songs which, once so wild,
 like a stream of lava that flowed from Etna,
 burst from the depths of my heart,
 and spray glittering sparks everywhere!
 
 Now they lie mute and death-like,
 now they stare coldly, pale as mist,
 but the old glow will revive them afresh,
 when the spirit of love someday floats above them.
 
 And in my heart the thought grows loud:
 the spirit of love will someday thaw them;
 someday this book will arrive in your hands,
 you, my sweet love in a distant land.
 
 Then shall the songs' magic spell be broken,
 and the white letters shall gaze at you;
 they'll gaze beseechingly into your lovely eyes,
 and whisper with sadness and a breath of love.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

    Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:

    Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
    from the LiederNet Archive

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 9
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 193

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