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Nur ein Gesicht auf Erden lebt, so mich vergnügen kann, nur eines unt'r der Sonne schwebt, so ich nicht meiden kann. Mein Herz im Leib vor Freud aufspringt, wenn ich nur denk daran, aber der Seel groß Schmerz bringt, wenn ichs nicht sehen kann. Ob ich schon oft muß leiden viel von bösen Zungen hart, auf keine Weis doch meiden will, Schönste, dein Gegenwart. Wann ich dich lieb, o schönstes Kind, was geht es Andre an. Ein jeder jetzund Lieben find't, das niemand wehren kann. Ach lieber Schatz, erlaube mir, zu küssen deinen Mund, dieweil dein liebes Angesicht, mich also hart verwund't. Mein Herz, Gesicht, mein'n ganzen Leib auf ewig dir verschreib, der Himmel selbst mir Zeuge sei, daß ich dein Diener bleib.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Nur ein Gesicht auf Erden lebt", WoO. 33 no. 19, published [1894], from Deutsche Volkslieder, no. 19, Berlin, N. Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Només hi ha un rostre que viu a la terra", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Maar één gezicht op aarde leeft", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "There’s only one face on earth", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Il y a seulement un visage qui vit sur terre", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Només hi ha un rostre que viu a la terra que em pot agradar, només un que sura sota el cel, i que jo no puc defugir. Al pit, el cor em salta d’alegria quan tan sols penso en ell, però dóna una gran pena a la meva ànima quan no el puc veure. Si bé haig de patir molt sovint per les males llengües, de cap manera vull deixar, estimada, d’estar amb tu. Si jo t’estimo, oh bella criatura, que importa això als altres. Cadascú troba un amor que ningú pot prohibir. Ah, estimat tresor, permet-me de besar la teva boca, puix que l’adorable rostre em fereix tan durament. El meu cor, el meu rostre, tot el meu cos, els consagro a tu per sempre, que el propi cel sigui testimoni de què sempre seré el teu servidor.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2022 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2022-03-13
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Word count: 139