Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel,
Den ich schon auf Erden gewann!
Es hängen sich meine Lieder
Als goldene Sterne daran --
Als goldene, leuchtende Sterne,
Noch heller, als die drüben:
O, möge nimmermehr
Sich dieser Himmel trüben!
Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel,
Drin herrschest Du ganz allein!
Führst alle guten Gedanken
Zu ewiger Seligkeit ein --
Doch alle schlechten Gedanken:
Sie werden vergessen, begraben;
O, laß mich immerdar
Nur gute Gedanken haben!
Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel,
Drin wohnet all mein Glück!
Aus Deinem Herzen kommt es,
Kehrt in Dein Herz zurück --
Zurück durch meine Lieder,
Die alle zu Dir sich wenden.
O, was durch Dich begann:
Laß es durch Dich nie enden!
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Confirmed with Ausgewählte Dichtungen von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Zweite Auflage, Berlin: Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R.v. Decker), 1864, pages 267-268.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carl Lührss (1824 - 1882), "Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel", op. 19b (12 Lieder) no. 3, published 1855 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger; opus 19 was first used in 1846 for a set of 6 songs so we have added 'b' to the opus number to distinguish this later set [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel", op. 163 (Friedrich Bodenstedts Lieder für eine Sopran oder Tenorstimme am Piano zu singen), Heft 2 no. 11, published 1853 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Your love is my heaven", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Your love is my heaven
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Your love is my heaven
That I have already won upon earth!
All of my songs attach themselves
Upon it as golden stars --
As golden, shining stars,
Even brigher than those up yonder:
Oh, may this heaven
Nevermore grow cloudy!
Your love is my heaven,
In it you reign all alone!
You lead all good thoughts
Into eternal bliss --
But all evil thoughts:
They are forgotten, buried;
Oh, let me always
Have only good thoughts!
Your love is my heaven,
Within it dwells all my happiness!
It comes from your heart,
And returns to your heart --
Returns through my songs,
Which all turn toward you.
Oh, may that which began through you
Never be ended through you!
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