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Wenn ich, beseligt von schönen Küssen, In deinen Armen mich wohl befinde, Dann mußt du mir nie von Deutschland reden; - Ich kanns nicht vertragen - es hat seine Gründe. Ich bitte dich, laß mich mit Deutschland in Frieden! Du mußt mich nicht plagen mit ewigen Fragen Nach Heimat, Sippschaft und Lebensverhältnis; - Es hat seine Gründe - ich kanns nicht vertragen. Die Eichen sind grün, und blau sind die Augen Der deutschen Frauen, sie schmachten gelinde Und seufzen von Liebe, Hoffnung und Glauben; - Ich kanns nicht vertragen - es hat seine Gründe.
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Authorship
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Angélique, no. 5 [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 Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Wenn ich, beseligt von schönen Küssen", 2006, published 2006 [baritone and piano], from Angélique, no. 5. [text not verified]
- by Don Forsythe (b. 1932), "Wenn ich, beseligt von schönen Küssen", 2007 [high voice and piano], from Verschiedene : vol. 1, Seraphine-Hortense, no. 20. [text not verified]
- by Walter Thomas Heyn (b. 1953), "See", op. 63 (Lebensgruß : 10 Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 10, published c2003. [low voice and guitar] [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , title unknown, from Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, published 1881
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Lorsque comblé de jolis baisers", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-05-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 94
Lorsque comblé de jolis baisers Je me trouve bien dans tes bras, Ne me parle jamais de l'Allemagne ; Je ne puis le supporter -- il y a des raisons. Je t'en prie, laisse-moi en paix avec l'Allemagne ! Tu ne dois pas me tourmenter avec tes éternelles questions Sur ma patrie, ma famille et mon mode de vie -- Il y a des raisons -- je ne puis le supporter. Les chênes sont verts et bleus les yeux Des femmes allemandes, elles sont doucement langoureuses Et soupirent d'amour, d'espérance et de foi ; Je ne puis le supporter -- il y a des raisons.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Angélique, no. 5
This text was added to the website: 2011-05-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 101