Kaum sahen wir uns, und an Augen und...

Kaum sahen wir uns, und an Augen und Stimme
Merkt' ich, daß du mir gewogen bist;
Und stand nicht dabei die Mutter, die schlimme,
Ich glaube, wir hätten uns gleich geküßt.

Und morgen verlasse ich wieder das Städtchen,
Und eile fort im alten Lauf;
Dann lauert am Fenster mein blondes Mädchen,
Und freundliche Grüße werf' ich hinauf.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 82

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

by Louis Samson , "Kaum sahen wir uns, und an Augen und Stimme"
by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (1803-1883) , "Kaum sahen wir uns, und an Augen und Stimme", published 1851, from Die Heimkehr : 88 Gedichte aus H. Heine's Reisebildern, no. 82.

by Luigi Ferrari Trecate (1884-1964) , "Noi ci vedemmo", 1904, published c1930, from Sette breve canzoni romantiche : dal canzioniere di Heine : prima serie, no. 5.

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

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

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We scarcely had met ere thy voice and...

We scarcely had met ere thy voice and thine eye
    Assured me, my darling, that thou wast mine own;
And had not thy mother stood cruelly nigh,
    I think I should really have kissed thee anon.

To-morrow again I depart from the town,
    And hasten forth on my weary track,
From the window my yellow-haired lass peeps down,
    And the friendliest greetings I waft her back.

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. 82 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: 2008-05-03.