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Ich wohn' in meiner Liebsten Brust, in ihren stillen Träumen. Was ist die Welt und ihre Lust? Ich will sie gern versäumen. Was ist des Paradies Lust Mit grünen Lebensbäumen? Ich wohn' in meiner Liebsten Brust In ihren stillen Träumen! Ich wohn' in meiner Liebsten Brust, in ihren stille Träumen. Ich neide keines Sternes Lust In kalten Himmelsräumen. Was ist die Welt und ihre Lust? Ich will sie gern versäumen. Ich wohn' in meiner Liebsten Brust, in ihren stillen Träumen.
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Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 4. Vierter Strauß. Wiedergewonnen [or Entfremdet], no. 45 [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 Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Ich wohn' in meiner Liebsten Brust", op. 4 (Sechs kleine Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1890 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Zürich, Fries [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Ich wohn' in meiner Liebsten Brust", op. 15 no. 1, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesfrühling. Ein Cyklus von sechs Liedern für 1 Stimme mit Pianoforte aus Rückert's gleichnamiger Dichtung, no. 1, Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Beyschlag (1845 - 1914), "Ich wohn' in meiner Liebsten Brust", op. 1 no. 2, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder aus dem Liebesfrühling von Rückert , no. 2, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Ich wohn' in meiner Liebsten Brust", op. 56 (6 Lieder) no. 3, published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz von Holstein (1826 - 1878), "Ich wohn' in meiner Liebsten Brust", op. 20 (Sechs Lieder) no. 4, published 1868 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John [Jacques] Jacobsson (1835 - 1909), "Ich wohn' in meiner Liebsten Brust", op. 9 (Fyra sånger (Vier Gesänge)) no. 4, published 1864 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph, Baron von Lauer-Münchhofen (1796 - 1874), "Ich woh'n in meiner Liebsten Brust", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder von Friedrich Rückert) no. 4 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Ich wohn' in meiner Liebsten Brust", op. 7 no. 2, published 1840, from 6 Lieder aus Fr. Rückert's Liebes-Frühling, no. 2, Darmstadt, Pabst [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus (1827 - 1896), "Ich wohn' in meiner Liebsten Brust", op. 8 no. 5, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesfrühling. Liederkranz von F. Rückert, no. 5, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich August Reissiger (1809 - 1883), "Ich wohn' in meiner Liebsten Brust", op. 28 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 3, published 1841 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter (1808 - 1879), "Ich woh'n in meiner Liebsten Brust", op. 11 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schwalm (1845 - 1912), "Ich wohn in meiner Liebsten Brust", op. 12 (Drei Lieder für eine höhere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1874 [ high voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 80
I dwell in my beloved's breast, Within its quiet dreams. What is this world and its pleasure? I will gladly forgo them. What is the pleasure of Paradise, with its verdant trees of life? I dwell in my beloved's breast, Within its quiet dreams! I dwell in my beloved's breast, Within its quiet dreams. I envy no star its delight In the frigid immensity of the heavens. What is this world and its pleasure? I will gladly forgo them. I dwell in my beloved's breast, Within its quiet dreams.
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Translations of titles:
"Ich woh'n in meiner Liebsten Brust" = "I dwell within my beloved's breast"
"Ich wohn in meiner Liebsten Brust" = "I dwell within my beloved's breast"
"Ich wohn' in meiner Liebsten Brust" = "I dwell within my beloved's breast"
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 4. Vierter Strauß. Wiedergewonnen [or Entfremdet], no. 45
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 89