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Ich möchte dir wohl gerne sagen, Wie lieb du mir im Herzen bist, Nun aber weiss ich nichts zu sagen, Weil es so ganz unmöglich ist! Und mag ich's alle Tage singen, Wie lieb du mir im Herzen bist, Doch werd' ich's nimmer fertig bringen, Weil es so ganz unmöglich ist! Und weil es nie ist auszusprechen, Weil's Lieben so unendlich ist, So magst du meine Augen fragen, Wie lieb du mir im Herzen bist! Darinnen wirst du deutlich sehen, Wie lieb du mir im Herzen bist, Darinnen wirst du deutlich sehen, Was jedem Wort unmöglich ist!
Text Authorship:
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880) [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- sometimes misattributed to Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763 - 1825)
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gottfried Wilhelm Fink (1783 - 1846), "Ich wollte dir so gerne sagen", written 1813
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Wie lieb du mir im Herzen bist", op. 1 (Acht deutsche Lieder) no. 5 (1828), published 1831 [ voice and piano ], München, Falter und Sohn, note: published without an opus number; designated by Lang in 1867 as opus 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Wie lieb du mir im Herzen bist", op. 38[39] (Sechs Lieder) no. 5 (1839), published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig und Winterthur, J. Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "How dear you are to me in my heart", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2006-06-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 97
I would very much like to tell you How dear you are to me in my heart, But now I have nothing to say, Because [saying] it is so utterly impossible! And if I were to sing it every day How dear you are to me in my heart, Yet I shall never manage to express it, Because [expressing] it is so utterly impossible! And since it can never be expressed in words, Because [my] loving is so infinite, Then you may ask my eyes How dear you are to me in my heart! Therein you shall clearly see How dear you are to me in my heart, Therein you shall clearly see What is impossible for any word [to express]!
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880) [an adaptation] and misattributed to Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763 - 1825)
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Gottfried Wilhelm Fink (1783 - 1846), "Ich wollte dir so gerne sagen", written 1813
This text was added to the website: 2006-06-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 121