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In welche soll ich mich verlieben, Da beide liebenswürdig sind? Ein schönes Weib ist noch die Mutter, Die Tochter ist ein schönes Kind. Die weißen, unerfahrnen Glieder, Sie sind so rührend anzusehn! Doch reizend sind geniale Augen, Die unsre Zärtlichkeit verstehn. Es gleicht mein Herz dem grauen Freunde, Der zwischen zwei Gebündel Heu Nachsinnlich grübelt, welch' von beiden Das allerbeste Futter sei.
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Authorship
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Yolante und Marie, no. 2 [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), "In welche soll ich mich verlieben?", 2008 [voice and piano], from Yolante und Marie, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
- by Don Forsythe (b. 1932), "In welche soll ich mich verlieben?", 2007, published c2007-8 [high voice and piano], from Verschiedene : vol. 2, Clarisse-Tragödie, no. 7. [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "With which one shall I fall in love?", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-10-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 62
With which one shall I fall in love, Since both are lovable? The mother is still a beautiful woman, The daughter is a beautiful child. White, inexperienced limbs, It is so moving to gaze upon them! Yet brilliant eyes that understand Our tenderness are ravishing. My heart is like my grey friend1, Who, confronted with two bales of hay, Ruminates and ponders, which of the two Is the very best to eat.
1 i.e., Buridan's ass
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Yolante und Marie, no. 2
This text was added to the website: 2013-05-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 72