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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Zuweilen dünkt es mich, als trübe
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
"Zuweilen dünkt es [mich]1, als trübe
Geheime Sehnsucht deinen Blick -
Ich kenn es wohl, dein Mißgeschick:
Verfehltes Leben, verfehlte Liebe!

Du nickst so traurig! Wiedergeben
Kann ich dir nicht die Jugendzeit -
Unheilbar ist dein Herzeleid: 
Verfehlte Liebe, verfehltes Leben!"

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1 Markhof: "mir"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Romanzen, in Unterwelt, no. 5 [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 ?, Bopp von Oberstadt, Gräfin , "Verfehlte Liebe, verfehltes Leben", op. 11 (Zwei Melodien) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Verfehlte Liebe", 1953 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Arthur Farwell (1872 - 1952), "Verfehlte Liebe", op. 56 (Two songs) no. 1, published c1929 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wolfgang Fortner (1907 - 1987), "Zuweilen dünkt es mich, als trübe", published c2002 [ male voice and piano ], from Unterwelt : Doppelchansons für eine Frauen- und eine Männerstimme, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Verfehlte Liebe, verfehltes Leben!", op. 20 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johan August Halvorsen (1864 - 1935), "Verfehlte Liebe, verfehltes Leben", from Zwei Gesänge, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Mitzi von Markhof , "Zuweilen dünkt es mir", published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Thomas Nyàry , "Zuweilen dünkt es mich, als trübe", op. 2 (Zwei Gesänge) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hendrik Christian van Oort (b. 1873), "Zuweilen dünkt es mich, als trübe", op. 10 (Vier Lieder) no. 4, published 19-? [sung text not yet checked]
  • by George Posca , "Verfehlte Liebe, verfehltes Leben", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Haring [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julie von Waldburg-Wurzach, Fürstin (b. 1841), "Verfehlte Lieder", op. 31 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , "In the Underworld V", appears in Poems Selected from Heinrich Heine, ed. by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker, London: Walter Scott, Limited, pages 224-225, first published 1887
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Amour manqué", copyright © 2013, (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: 8
Word count: 41

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