Wer zum ersten Male liebt

Wer zum ersten Male liebt,
Seis auch glücklos, ist ein Gott;
Aber wer zum zweiten Male
Glücklos liebt, der ist ein Narr.

Ich, ein solcher Narr, ich liebe
Wieder ohne Gegenliebe!
Sonne, Mond und Sterne lachen,
Und ich lache mit - und sterbe.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 63

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

by Bernard van Dieren (1887-1936) , "Wer zum ersten Male liebt", op. 4 (Drei Lieder) no. 1, published c1908.
by Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg (1878-1962) , "Ohne Gegenliebe", op. 12 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 4.
by Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) , "Wer zum ersten Male liebt", BVN. 87 (1914).
by Albrecht von Stein , "Wer zum ersten Male liebt"
by Korstiaan Stougie (1908-1988) , "Wer zum ersten Male liebt", op. 1 no. 70 (1943), published 1972.
by Korstiaan Stougie (1908-1988) , "Wer zum ersten Male liebt", op. 1 no. 115 (1949), published 1972, from Drie Heine-liederen, no. 2.
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803-1883) , "Wer zum ersten Male liebt", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 63.
by Maude Valérie White (1855-1937) , "Wer zum ersten Male liebt", published 1888?, note: also set in English

by George Stephenson Oldham , "Unrequited", published 1907.

FRE French (Pierre Mathé)

Date added to the website: 2008-02-25.

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Unrequited

He who for the first time loves,
   E'en rejected, is a god.
He who loves a second time,
   Unrequited, is a fool.

Such a fool am I, in loving
   Once again with no return.
Sun and moon and stars are laughing;
   I am laughing too -- and dying.

by Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) , from Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 63 FRE

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

by George Stephenson Oldham , "Unrequited", published 1907.

Date added to the website: 2008-02-25.