Das Meer hat seine Perlen

Das Meer hat seine Perlen,
Der Himmel hat seine Sterne,
Aber mein Herz, mein Herz,
Mein Herz hat seine Liebe.

Groß ist das Meer und der Himmel,
Doch größer ist mein Herz,
Und schöner als Perlen und Sterne
Leuchtet und strahlt meine Liebe.

Du kleines, junges Mädchen,
Komm an mein großes Herz;
Mein Herz und das Meer und der Himmel
Vergehn vor lauter Liebe.

by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Die Nordsee, in Erster Zyklus, in 7. Nachts in der Kajüte, no. 1

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

by Albert, Graf Amadei , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 12 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 5.
by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847-1907) , "Nachts in der Kajüte", op. 4 (Syv Sange af J. Goethe, H. Heine, E. Geibel) no. 4 (1873), published 1875. [voice and piano]
by Konstantin Julius Becker (1811-1859) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 4 (Fünf Lieder von H. Heine) no. 2.
by Francis Boott (1813-1904) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", published 1857.
by Th. Bredsdorff , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen"
by Edward Bruce , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen"
by C. Cobelli , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 10 (Lieder) no. 3.
by Nicola Dmitrieff , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen"
by Heinz Dorguth , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 88.
by Gustav Erlanger (1842-1908) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 38 (Vier Lieder) no. 3.
by Otto Feller , "Nachts in der Kajüte", published 190-?, from Frühlingswogen: Ein Zyklus von Liedern und Szenen, no. 3.
by Robert Franz (1815-1892) , "Auf dem Meere", op. 36 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 1 (1862?), stanzas 1-2.
by Tom Harrison Frewin , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", published 1889. [voice and piano], also set in English
by Paul Geisler (1856-1919) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", published 1876, from Gesänge: Zwölf Dichtungen von Heine und Rückert, no. 11.
by Gerald M. Ginsburg (1932-) , "Minnelied", 2001, published c2003, from Aus Schmerzen zu Lieder, no. 20.
by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818-1896) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 10 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1. [soprano or tenor and piano or guitar]
by Paul Hassenstein (1843-1927) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 19 (Lieder) no. 3.
by Willem de Iongh (1857-1931) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", published 1924.
by George F. Johnson , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", published 1907.
by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823-1903) , "Auf dem Meere", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1887. [voice and piano]
by Christian Louis Heinrich Köhler (1820-1886) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 8 no. 5.
by Franz Paul Lachner (1803-1890) , "Nachts in der Kajüte", op. 34 (Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine) no. 2.
by Samuel de Lange (1840-1911) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 6 no. 1, published 18-?, from Nachts in der Kajüte : ein Liedercyclus von Heinrich, no. 1.
by Amandus Leopold Leidgebel (1816-) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder) no. 5.
by Leopold Lenz (1803-1862) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 25 no. 5.
by Leopold Lenz (1803-1862) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 33 (Zwei Lieder) no. 1. [baritone or low soprano, piano, violoncello or horn]
by George Alexander MacFarren (1813-1887) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 51 (Drei Lieder aus H. Heines Reisebildern) no. 1.
by Matthäus Roemer (1871-) , "Nachts in der Kajüte", from Zehn Lieder, no. 4.
by Louis Samson , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen"
by F. Schneider , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen"
by A. M. Somov , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen"
by Celia C. Stevens , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", published c1919.
by Otto Tiehsen (1817-1849) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 5, published 1846. [voice, piano, and violoncello or horn]
by Anton Urspruch (1850-1907) , "Das Meer hat seine Perlen", op. 3 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1.
by Maude Valérie White (1855-1937) , "Auf dem Meere", published 1876. [voice and piano], also set in English
by Friedrich von Wickede (1834-1904) , "Nachts in der Kajüte", op. 2 (Drei Lieder) no. 1.

by Charles Gounod (1818-1893) , "À toi mon coeur", 1876, published 1876 [high voice and piano], from Vingt mélodies, no. 3.

by Robert Earle Anderson , "The sea hath its pearls", published 194-?
by Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1903, from Six Songs, no. 2.
by Michael William Balfe (1808-1870) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1862.
by W. Biermann , "The sea hath its pearls", published c1875.
by John W. Bischoff (1850-1909) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1888. [voice and piano]
by Henry Bond , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1879.
by William Borrow , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1858.
by Johannes Braunschiedl , "The sea hath its pearls", published c1883.
by Henry Burck , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1908. [voice and piano]
by Cecil Burleigh (1885-1980) , "The sea hath its pearls", op. 32 no. 2, published 1917.
by Carl Reinhold Busch (1862-1943) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1901. [medium voice and piano]
by Luigi Caracciolo (1847-1887) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1885.
by Frederick Scotson Clark , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1861.
by George Howard Clutsam (1866-1951) , "The sea hath its pearls", op. 1 (Six Songs) no. 6, published 1891. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by T. H. Cooperson , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1925.
by David John Coutts (1863-1922) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 192-?, from Album of Songs. No. 3, no. 5
by Ellen Cowdell , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1905. [voice and piano]
by Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1892 [soprano or tenor and piano], from Longfellow's Songs
by John David Davis (1867-1942) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1910. [voice and piano]
by Herbert C. Deavin , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1909.
by H. A. Donald , "The sea hath its pearls", published c1923.
by Robert S. Flagler (1890-1935) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1919.
by James Cliffe Forrester (1860-1941) , "The sea hath its pearls" [voice and piano]
by Tom Harrison Frewin , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1889. [voice and piano], also set in German
by Rudolph Ganz (1877-1972) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1915. [voice and piano]
by Robert Goldbeck (1839-1908) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1866. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by Charles Gounod (1818-1893) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1872. [voice and piano]
by Mrs. M. H. Gulesian , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1927. [high voice and piano]
by Percy Harmon , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1899.
by Cuthbert Harris (1870-1932) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1891, from Seven Songs, no. 2.
by Bertram C. Henry (1864-) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1889. [voice and piano]
by Joseph (or Josef) Charles Holbrooke (1878-1958) , "The sea hath its pearls", op. 15 (Songs) no. 2, published 1907.
by Helen Hopekirk (1856-1945) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1894, from Five Songs, no. 1.
by Oliver A. King (1855-1923) , "The sea hath its pearls", op. 59 (Six Songs) no. ?, published 1890. [baritone and piano]
by Victor Kolar (1888-1957) , "The sea hath its pearls", op. 18 (Three Songs) no. 1, published 1912. [medium voice and piano]
by F. Lichner , "The sea hath its pearls"
by Samuel Liddle (1864?-1951) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1907 [soprano, alto, and piano], from Four Duets, no. 2.
by Clarence Lucas (1866-1947) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1899, from Two Songs, no. 1.
by Walter Cecil Macfarren (1826-1905) , "The sea hath its pearls" [voice and piano]
by William Mairhofer , "The sea hath its pearls", published c1856.
by Jessie Miller , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1881.
by Osma C. Morrill , "My heart and the sea and the heaven", published c1892.
by Osma C. Morrill , "My heart and the sea and the heaven", published 1892. [voice and piano]
by Cecile Neuhaus , "The sea hath its pearls", 1935?, published c1953. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by Joseph Edward Newell , "The sea hath its pearls" [duet with piano]
by George Stephenson Oldham , "The sea hath its pearls", published c1920.
by J. Herbert Olding , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1907, from Two Songs, no. 2.
by John A. O'Shea (1864-) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1890.
by John A. O'Shea (1864-) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1890.
by James Cutler Dunn Parker (1828-1916) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1875 [partsong: SATB and piano], from 7 Part Songs
by C. Pavesi , "The sea hath its pearls", from Twelve English Songs, Heft 1, no. 6
by Elizabeth Philp (1827-1885) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1867. [voice and piano]
by Ciro Pinsuti (1829-1888) , "The sea hath its pearls", published >>1869.
by William Prendergast , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1897.
by Olga V. Radecke , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1882.
by Alfred Redhead , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1899.
by Le Roy Mitchell Rile , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1917. [voice and piano]
by Herbert Sanders , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1913. [women's voices and piano]
by Frank E. Sawyer , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1894, from Six New Songs, no. 3.
by Vernon Spencer (1875-1949) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1913.
by Thomas Edward Spinney , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1897.
by Julius Sprenger , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1866. [voice and piano]
by Svengali , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1897.
by Berthold Tours (1838-1897) , "The sea hath its pearls", published >>1864. [voice and piano]
by Charles John Vincent (1852-1934) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1881. [voice and piano]
by Ida Walter , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1882. [voice and piano]
by Samuel Prowse Warren (1841-1915) , "The sea hath its pearls", published c1865. [voice and piano]
by Maude Valérie White (1855-1937) , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1880. [voice and piano], also set in German
by Ernest Whyte (1858-1922) , "The sea hath its pearls", op. 24 (Songs) no. 1.
by J. J. Wickham , "The sea hath its pearls" [voice and piano]
by B. E. Woolf , "The sea hath its pearls" [quartet of men's voices]
by Vernon O. Wright , "The sea hath its pearls", published 1914. [voice and piano]

by Leopoldo Govenini , "Nordsee (Ha le sue perle il mare)", published 1887.

by (Joseph) Sylvio Lazzari (1857-1944) , "Nuit en Mer", published 1906, from Trois Poésies d'E. Blémont d'après H. Heine, no. 1.

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La mer a ses perles

La mer a ses perles,
Le ciel a ses étoiles,
Mais mon cœur, mon cœur,
Mon cœur a son amour.

La mer et le ciel sont grands
Pourtant mon cœur est plus grand,
Et plus joliment que les perles et les étoiles,
Mon amour brille et rayonne.

Toi, mignonne et jeune fille,
Viens vers mon grand cœur ;
Mon cœur et la mer et le ciel
Se meurent d'un bel amour.

Translation from German to French copyright © 2009 by Pierre Mathé (pmathe (AT) neuf (DOT) fr), (re)printed on this website with kind permission. Please contact the copyright-holder when requesting permission to reprint.

a text in German by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) , no title, from Buch der Lieder, in Die Nordsee, in Erster Zyklus, in 7. Nachts in der Kajüte, no. 1 ENG

Date added to the website: 2009-11-04.