by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation Singable translation by Constance Bache (1846 - 1903)
Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib
Language: German (Deutsch)
Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib, Und ruh' an meinem Herzen aus; [Fern in der Fremde]1 sei mein Herz [Dein]2 Vaterland und Vaterhaus. [Gehst du nicht mit, so sterb ich hier]3 Und du bist einsam und allein; Und bleibst du auch im Vaterhaus, Wirst doch wie in der Fremde sein.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• C. Griffes • F. Hiller • F. Mendelssohn • B. Walter • A. Rubinstein • R. Schumann • C. StanfordB. Walter sets stanzas 1-2, 1
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Hiller, Mendelssohn, Schumann: "In weiter Ferne"
2 Hiller: "dir"
3 Griffes: "Kommst du nicht mit, so sterb ich hier"; Hiller, Mendelssohn: "Und fliehst du nicht, so sterb' ich hier"; Schumann: "Entfliehn wir nicht, so sterb' ich hier"; Stanford: "Gehst du nicht mit, ich sterbe hier"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Tragödie, no. 1 [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 Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki (1846 - 1919), "Tragödie", op. 7 (Six Mélodies = Sechs Lieder = Shest' romansov) no. 5, published 1890, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Hermann Berens (1826 - 1880), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 75 (Eine Tragödie : Gedichte von Heine) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Johann Hermann) Heinrich Böie (1825 - 1879), "Entflieh mit mir", op. 16 no. 1, published 1861 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Tragödie. 3 Lieder für S., A., T. und B. , no. 1, Hamburg, Cranz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Aloys Theodor Commer (1813 - 1887), "Lied", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Krigar [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georgy Aleksandrovich Demidov (1837 - 1870), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", from Tragödie, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Wolfgang von Ehrenstein (d. 1870), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 8 no. 1, from Tragödie: Balladenyzklus von H. Heine, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib" [ voice and piano ], from Tragödie, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Förster (1860 - 1894), "Walzerlied" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", 2007/8, published c2007-8 [ high voice and piano ], from Verschiedene : vol. 2, Clarisse-Tragödie, no. 31 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Gotthelf (1857 - 1930), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 8 (Tragödie) no. 1, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "Tragödie I", A. 10 (c1905-11) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Albert Hartl , "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", from Tragödie, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans Hermann (1870 - 1931), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", published in Musik-Mappe, 1904 ; may have been first published earlier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Hey (1832 - 1909), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 10 (Acht Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Berlin Challier & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 157 (Tragödie : Drei Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 1, published 1873 [ voice, piano, and violoncello ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ferdinand Hummel (1855 - 1928), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 8 (Tragödie) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 10 (Tragödie : Gedicht in drei Abteilungen von Heine) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by O. H. Lange , "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 13 (Tragödie) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Entflieh' mit mir", op. 41 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass im Freien zu singen) no. 2 (1838) [ SATB quartet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aleksandr Alekseyevich Olenin (1865 - 1944), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 7 no. 1, published 1900?, from Трагедия (Tragedija), no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thorvald Otterström (1868 - 1942), "Entflieh' mit mir", published 1907, from Neun Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Ein Jüngling hat ein Mädchen lieb", 1924, published 1924, from Tragödie, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Siebmann , "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 41 (Sechs Lieder von H. Heine), Heft 1 (Tragödie) no. 1 [ alto or baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johan August Söderman (1832 - 1876), "Volkslied: Entflieh' mit mir", published 1859, from Heidenröslein : Liederzyklus nach Heine, no. 4, also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Spicker (1858 - 1912), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 14 no. 1, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Tragödie für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Steenberg (1830 - 1911), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", published 1896, from Tragödie, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Tofft (1865 - 1931), "Entflieh' mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 12 (6 Lieder für gemischten Chor) no. 1, published 1896 [ mixed chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Entflieh mit mir", op. 64 no. 9, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], from Ein Liebes-Roman in zwölf Liedern. Poesien von Geibel, Heine und A. , no. 9, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 12 (Tragödie: Gedicht in 3 Abteilungen von H. Heine) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dmitry Andreyevich Usatov (1847 - 1913), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Bruno Walter (1876 - 1962), "Tragödie I", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder), Heft 2 no. 4, stanzas 1-2,1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Severin Warteresiewicz (1852 - 1923), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 15 (Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 44 (Tragödie) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Young , "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", published 1900, from Tragödie = Tragedy: Liederkreis von H. Heine, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Karl Heinrich Alfred Ehrlich (1822 - 1899), "Tragödie", published 1880
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Tragödie", op. 57 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, published 1862 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff ; title in English (from 1864 edition?): "A tragedy"
- by Richard Hol (1825 - 1904), "Tragödie", op. 66 (Sechs Gedichte von H. Heine) no. 5, published 1873
- by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Erstes Lieder-Album, no. 3, Leipzig, Hofmeister
- by Franz Ries (1846 - 1932), "Tragödie", op. 42
- by Carl Krill (1847 - 1927), "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", op. 12 no. 2, published 1879 [ low voice and piano ], from Hohe Liebe. Sechs Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Berlin, Luckhardt
- by Ernst Löwenberg , "Entflieh mit mir und sei mein Weib", from Acht Lieder von Heine, no. 3
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Tragödie", op. 7 (Vier Balladen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte = Čtyři balady) no. 4, H. 181 no. 4 (1873), published 1874, orchestrated 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Lichtenberger
- by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929), "Tragödie", op. 30, published 1904
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Tragödie", op. 64 (Romanzen und Balladen für Singstimme und Klavier (Heft 4)) no. 3 (1841), published 1847 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Tragödie", op. 14 (Six Songs) no. 5, published 1882 [ voice and piano ]
- by (Johann Gottfried) Heinrich Bellermann (1832 - 1903), "Tragödie", op. 2 (6 vierstimmige Gesänge für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 4, published 1856 [ SATB quartet ], Berlin, Bahn
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.
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- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Johan August Söderman.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (August Matthijs)
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Kom, vlucht met mij en wees mijn vrouw", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Flee with me and be my wife", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache)
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 51
O flee with me and be my wife
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
"O flee with me and be my wife, And dwell for evermore with me, In distant lands my heart shall still Be home and shelter, love, to thee! Wilt thou not come then I shall die, And leave thee lone for evermore, And though at home thou yet mayst dwell, It will be home to thee no more."
About the headline (FAQ)
From a Rubinstein score.Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Constance Bache (1846 - 1903) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Tragödie, no. 1
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 58