I hold you in my arms, you hold the tender rose

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by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890)

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Ich halte dich in meinem Arm, du hältst...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich halte dich in meinem Arm, du hältst die Rose zart,
Und eine junge Biene tief in sich die Rose hält.
So reihen wir uns perlenhaft an einer Lebensschnur,
So freun wir uns, wie Blatt an Blatt sich an der Rose schart.
Und glüht mein Kuß auf deinem Mund, so zuckt die Flammenspur
Bis in der Biene Herz, das sich dem Kelch der Rose paart.

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Text Authorship:

by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), no title, appears in Trinklaube, in Gaselen, no. 7 [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 Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Ich halte dich in meinem Arm", op. 38 no. 7 (1923) [ baritone, flute, oboe, bass clarinet, trumpet, timpani and piano ], from Gaselen: Liederfolge nach Gedichten von Gottfried Keller, no. 7, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Ghasel", op. 6 (8 Lieder) no. 5 (1903-5) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 65

I hold you in my arms, you hold the...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I hold you in my arms, you hold the tender rose,
And within, the rose holds a young bee.
Thus, we are aligned like pearls along the cord of life,
Thus we are happy, bound together like a rose, petal on petal.
And my kiss glows upon your mouth, just as the tongue of flame
From the heart of a bee coupled with the chalice of the rose.

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Translation of titles
"Ich halte dich in meinem Arm" = "I hold you in my arms"
"Ghasel" = "Ghazel"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), no title, appears in Trinklaube, in Gaselen, no. 7
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This text was added to the website: 2022-06-16
Line count: 6
Word count: 68