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Ihr wißt ja, wen ich meine, Sie singt wie ihr so fein: Auf! auf! und grüßt die Eine Mir schön, ihr Vögelein! Noch rascher mögt ihr Lüfte Wohl fliegen zu ihr hin: O sagt's ihr, süße Düfte, Wie treu, wie treu ich bin! Am schnellsten seid ihr Strahlen Mit euerm goldnen Licht: Küßt mir zu tausend Malen Ihr heitres Angesicht! Ihr wißt ja, wen ich meine, Wen ich im Herzen trag', An wen ich denk' alleine Den lieben langen Tag!
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 192.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Ihr wißt ja, wen ich meine!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 218 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Ihr wisst ja, wen ich meine", op. 343 (2 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alwin Blättermann , "Ihr wisst ja, wen ich meine", published 1893 [ men's chorus ], Leipzig: Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "Ihr wisst ja, wen ich meine", op. 5 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Maier (b. 1844) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Schwab (b. 1841) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philipp Tietz (1816 - 1878) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "You know whom I mean!", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2026-01-09
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You know whom I mean, Like you, she sings so sweetly: Be off! be off! and nicely greet The One for me, ye birdlets Even more swiftly, ye breezes, You could fly over to her: Oh, sweet scents, tell her How faithful, how faithful I am! Ye sunbeams are the quickest With your golden light: Kiss her bright face for me A thousand times! For you know whom I mean, Whom I carry in my heart, Of whom alone I think All the livelong day!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Ihr wißt ja, wen ich meine!", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 218
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 85