by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Die du bist so schön und rein
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Die du bist so schön und rein, [Wunnevolles]1 Magedein, Deinem Dienste ganz allein Möcht' ich wohl mein Leben weihn. Deine süßen Äugelein Glänzen mild wie Mondesschein; Helle Rosenlichter streun Deine rothen Wängelein. Und aus deinem Mündchen klein Blinkt's hervor wie Perlenreihn; Doch den schönsten Edelstein Hegt dein stiller Busenschrein. Fromme Minne mag es sein, Was mir drang ins Herz hinein, Als ich weiland schaute dein, [Wunnevolles]1 Magedein!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Buch der Lieder von Heinrich Heine, Achtundvierzigste Auflage, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, 1882, page 267; in this edition the poem has no title.
1 Franz: "wonnevolles"Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), "Minnegruß", appears in Nachgelesene Gedichte 1812-1827, no. 14 [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 Carl Attenhofer (1837 - 1914), "Wonnevolles Mägdelein", op. 76 (Zehn leichte Lieder für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 8, published 1892 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Hug [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Wonnevolles Mägdelein", op. 59 no. 8, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], from Am Wege : Zwölf Lieder, no. 8, Leipzig: C.F. Leede [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis C. de Coppet , "Die du bist so schön und rein", published 18-?, from Sieben Lieder, no. 7, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leopold Damrosch (1832 - 1885), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 1 no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Die du bist so schön und rein (Minnegruß)", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Sommerzyklus, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 37 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1 (1866?), published 1866 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Fricke (1877 - ?), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 3 (Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Andrés Isasi Linares (1890 - 1940), "Liedchen", op. 16 (Poemas de H. Heine) no. 7 (1913), published 1913 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 27 no. 4 (1885), published <<1890 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs ernste Lieder von Heinrich Heine und Paul Heyse, no. 4, Copenhagen, Hofmusikhandelens Forlag [sung text checked 1 time]
- by M. Natrowski , "Die du bist so schön und rein", from Drei Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Nicholls , "Die du bist so schön und rein", published 1907, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Reisenauer (1863 - 1907), "Die du bist so schön und rein", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Reiter (1862 - 1939), "Minnelied", published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Wien, Krämer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Victor Franz Saar (1868 - 1937), "Minnegruß", op. 24 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, C. Dieckmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Samson , "Huldigung", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. II. Reihe, Heft IV, no. 4, Dresden, Arnold [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leander Schlegel (1844 - 1913), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 20 no. 2 (1900), published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Deutsche Liebeslieder. Ein Cyklus für 1 Singstimme und Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edmond Snell (1879 - ?), "Die du bist so schön und rein", from Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Die du bist so schön und rein", op. 1 no. 69 (1943), published 1972 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Minnegruß", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Zweites Lieder-Album, no. 7, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theodor Winkelmann , "Huldigung" [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Louis C. de Coppet.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (John Sullivan Dwight) , "Thou that art so pure and bright"
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 67