I would like to sing you a song

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by H. Weisser

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ich möcht' ein Lied dir singen

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich möcht' ein Lied dir singen, 
Mit wundersamen Klang
Das dir in's Ohr möcht' dringen
Wie weicher Schwanensang.
Es soll dich heben und tragen
In meine Träume hinein.

Ich möcht' deinen Namen schreiben
An's dunkle Himmelszelt,
Mit Zügen, die ewig bleiben
Wie dort die Sternenwelt.
Die Schrift soll glänzen und schimmern
In deine Augen hinein.

Dann liebend dir sagen und klagen
Des Herzens süss' holde Pein.

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• G. Schubert

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by H. Weisser [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Ich möchte ein Lied dir singen", op. 178 (4 Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1860 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Hamburg, Fritz Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Liebeslied", op. 185 (Vier Lieder für Bass (oder Alt) mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1859 [ bass or alto and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
by Georgine Schubert (1840 - 1878), "Ich möcht' ein Lied dir singen", published 1880 [ vocal duet with piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge, Zweite Folge, no. 1, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-05-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 66

I would like to sing you a song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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I would like to sing you a song,
With a wondrous sound
That would penetrate into your ear
Like the soft singing of a swan.
It is to lift and carry you
Into my dreams.

I would like to write your name
Upon the dark canopy of heaven,
With strokes that would last forever,
Like the starry world up there.
The script should sparkle and shimmer
Into your eyes.

Then lovingly tell you and lament to you
The sweet lovely agony of my heart.

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Translations of title(s):
"Ich möcht' ein Lied dir singen" = "I would like to sing you a song"
"Liebeslied" = "Love song"

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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 84