Wir haben viel füreinander gefühlt

Wir haben viel füreinander gefühlt,
Und dennoch uns gar vortrefflich vertragen.
Wir haben oft «Mann und Frau» gespielt,
Und dennoch uns nicht gerauft und geschlagen.
Wir haben zusammen gejauchzt und gescherzt,
Und zärtlich uns geküßt und geherzt.
Wir haben am Ende, aus kindischer Lust,
«Verstecken» gespielt in Wäldern und Gründen,
Und haben uns so zu verstecken gewußt,
Daß wir uns nimmermehr wiederfinden.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 26

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg (1878-1962) , "Wir haben viel für einander gefühlt", op. 12 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 1.
by Lennart Hedwall (1932-) , "Wir haben viel für einander gefühlt", published 1974/5 [mezzo-soprano and clarinet], from Heine-Svit : Fem sånger, no. 4.
by Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801-1878) , "Wir haben viel für einander gefühlt", from Sånger och visor, no. 5.
by Tilo Medek (1940-) , "Wir haben viel für einander gefühlt", 1971 [medium voice and piano or guitar], from Heinrich-Heine-Lieder (1968/89) : zwölf Lieder
by Manfred Schmitz (1939-) , "Lyrisches Intermezzo", published 1982.

by Emile Trepard , "Nous nous sommes beaucoup aimés", published 1922, from L'intermezzo : fragments de Henri Heine, no. 4.

FRE French (Charles Beltjens)
ENG English (Charles Godfrey Leland)

Date added to the website: 2008-04-03.

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We have felt so much the one for the...

We have felt so much the one for the other, 
Yet lived in an excellent concord, God knows;
We have played at husband and wife together,
Yet never once came to scratchings or blows.
We have shouted together in joy and in jest,
And tenderly too we have kissed and caressed.
And we played at the last in childish glee
At hide-and-seek through life's tangled maze;
And managed to hide so completely that we
Shall not find each other through all our days.

by Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903) , from The works of Heinrich Heine, published 1900

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Lyrisches Intermezzo, no. 26 FRE

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

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Date added to the website: 2009-03-14.