Wir fuhren allein im dunkeln

Wir fuhren allein im dunkeln
Postwagen die ganze Nacht;
Wir ruhten einander am Herzen,
Wir haben gescherzt und gelacht.

Doch als es morgens tagte,
Mein Kind, wie staunten wir!
Denn zwischen uns saß Amor,
Der blinde Passagier.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 69

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

by Don Forsythe (1932-) , "Im dunkeln Postwagen", published c2004, from Lieder aus der Heimkehr, no. 4.
by Gerald M. Ginsburg (1932-) , "Amor", 2001, published c2003, from Aus Schmerzen zu Lieder, no. 17.
by Caspar René Hirschfeld (1965-) , "Blinder Passagier", op. 52 (10 heimliche Liebeslieder nach Texten von Heinrich Heine) no. 1.
by Rita Portera , "Wir fuhren allein", first performed 2001.
by Gustav Thudicum (1866-1944) , "Wir fuhren allein", op. 6 (Vier Gesänge) no. 4. [mezzo-soprano or tenor/baritone and piano]
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803-1883) , "Wir fuhren allein im dunkeln", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 69.

by Karel Boleslav Jirák (1891-1972) , "Slepý pasažér", op. 4 no. 1 (1913), published 1914, from Lyrické intermezzo: Cyklus 5 písní, no. 1.

ENG English (Emma Lazarus)
FRE French (Pierre Mathé)

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

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All night, in the shadowy post‑chaise

All night, in the shadowy post-chaise,
   We drove through the winter weather.
We slept on each other's bosoms,
   We jested and laughed together.

But how were we both astonished,
   When morning bade us stir,
Betwixt us two sat Cupid,
   The blindfold passenger.

by Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) , from Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, published 1881

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 69 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: 2008-05-02.