Hab’ Sonne im Herzen
Berlin Alexanderplatz“Hab’ Sonne im Herzen” is a poem by Cäsar Flaischlen, a German poet whose work achieved worldwide fame. Its title is rendered in English as “Have Sunshine in Your Heart.”
Meaning and Form
The title evokes sunshine held inwardly, in the heart. The available evidence identifies the poem through this phrase and its English rendering, but does not provide further details about its text or form.
Authorship and Reception
Cäsar Flaischlen lived from 1864 to 1920. He was famous worldwide for “Hab’ Sonne im Herzen,” a concise account of the poem’s broad reception that does not specify when or through which publications it became known.
