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Ich wollt, meine [Schmerzen ergössen]1 Sich all in ein [einziges]2 Wort, Das gäb ich den [lustigen]3 Winden, Die trügen es lustig fort. Sie tragen zu dir, Geliebte, Das [schmerzerfüllte]4 Wort; Du hörst es zu jeder Stunde, Du hörst es an jedem Ort. Und hast du zum nächtlichen Schlummer Geschlossen die Augen kaum, So wird [dich mein Wort]5 verfolgen Bis in den tiefsten Traum.
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View original text (without footnotes)Note: in Zenger's score, the first time we reach stanza 1, line 2, word 5, it is "einzig", and "einziges" in the repetition.
1 Mendelssohn: "Lieb' ergösse" (love would flow)2 Mendelssohn: "einzig"
3 Mendelssohn: "lust'gen"; Zenger: "luftigen" (airy)
4 Mendelssohn: "lieb-erfüllte" (love-filled)
5 Mendelssohn: "mein Bild dich"; Zenger: "dich mein Auge"
Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 61 [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 György Bánffy , "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", from Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ignaz Brüll (1846 - 1907), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen", op. 5 (Zwölf Gesänge), Heft 1 (Sechs Gesänge nach Dichtungen von Heinrich Heine) no. 5, published 1870 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gotthard; reprinted later in Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Aloys Theodor Commer (1813 - 1887), "Lied", op. 33 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Krigar [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karen De Pastel (b. 1949), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", 1974, from Sieben Lieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alexander Fesca (1820 - 1849), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen", op. 32 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Piano) no. 5, published 1844 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Braunschweig, Meyer [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen", published c2004-5 [ low voice and piano ], from Eine Dichtererzählung - Sommerzyklus, no. 13 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Boleslav Viktorovich Grodzky (1865 - 1923), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 23 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1, published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Gardiner Hammond (1874 - 1945), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", published 1903-9, from Heine Songs, no. 10, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
- by J. Heinemann , "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", from Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Huber , "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", from Dichter unbekannt, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Janssens (b. 1934), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen : aus Die Heimkehr", published 1976, from Heinrich Heine Song Buch, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Kuczynski (1846 - 1897), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen", published 18--?, from Vierzehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen", op. 176 (Vier Lieder) no. 1, published 1856 [ voice and piano ], Payne [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Ich wollt meine Lieb ergösse sich", op. 63 (Sechs Duette) no. 1 [ duet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Metzdorff (1844 - 1919), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 9 (Drei Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Mikuli (1819 - 1897), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 27 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oliver P. H. Smith , "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Neun Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 7, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1859 - 1922), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5 (1872/3?), published [1875] [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, H. Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- possibly by Wilhelm Wenzel Steinhardt (1819 - 1899), "Mein Wort", from Vier Lieder, no. 1, note: source gives composer's name as W. W. Steinhardt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Ich wollt'", op. 1 (124 liederen : 1925-1969) no. 113 (1948), published 1972, from Elf Heine-liederen, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksey Vladimirovich Taskin (1871 - 1942), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Thern (1817 - 1886), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 46 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Alexeyevich Titov (1800 - 1875), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Th. Trendelenburg , "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder von H. Heine) no. 5, published 1835 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Triest (1808 - 1885), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 3 (Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wenzel Heinrich Veit (1806 - 1864), "Ich wollt meine Schmerzen ergössen sich all'", op. 12 (Sechs Gesänge für vier Männerstimmen) no. 2, published 1840 [ vocal quartet for male voices ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Das Eine Wort", op. 21 (Liebesleiden : Gedichte von H. Heine) no. 3, published 1840 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803 - 1883), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 61 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "Ich wollt', meine Schmerzen ergössen sich", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 4 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Emma Lazarus (1849 - 1887) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine ; composed by William Gardiner Hammond.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862) , no title, first published 1859 ; composed by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky, Yakiv Stepanovich Stepovyi, Aleksey Vladimirovich Taskin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ik wou dat mijn smart zich tezamen", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Siân Goldthorpe) (Christian Stein) , "I wish my pain would flow into a single word", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je voudrais que mes peines s'écoulent", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) [singable] (Hamutal Atariah) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Siân Goldthorpe , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 63
I wish my [pain]1 would flow Into a single word, Which I'd give to the [merry]2 winds, Who would carry it merrily along. They would carry it to you, my beloved, The [pain-filled]3 word; You hear it always, You hear it everywhere. And scarcely have you closed your eyes To night-time slumbers, My [word]4 will follow you, Into your deepest dream.
1 Mendelssohn: "love"
2 or "airy" (for "luft'gen")
3 Mendelssohn: "love-filled"
4 Mendelssohn: "image"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 61
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 61