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by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: 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.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), "Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel", appears in Alte und neue Gedichte, in 9. Aus dem Buche Edlitam (1847-1851) [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Your love is my heaven

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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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), "Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel", appears in Alte und neue Gedichte, in 9. Aus dem Buche Edlitam (1847-1851)
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This text was added to the website: 2022-05-02
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Word count: 118