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Alles hinzugeben Ist der Liebe Brauch; Nimm denn hin mein Leben, Und mein Sterben auch! Aller meiner Lieder Sanften Schmeichellaut, Die ein Eden wieder Sich aus Schutt erbaut; Alle Lichtgedanken, Die an Glück und Leid Kühn sich aufwärts ranken In die Ewigkeit; All mein stilles Sehnen, Innig dir vertraut, Das in sel'gen Thränen Auf dich niederthaut! Nimm, daß [nichts dir]1 fehle, Wenn die Stunde ruft, Meine ganze Seele Hin als Opferduft!
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Text Authorship:
- by Barbara Elisabeth Glück (1814 - 1894), as Betty Paoli, "Gabe" [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 Lise Maria Mayer (1894 - 1968), "Gabe", op. 6 (Vier Lieder, für eine Frauenstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 1, published c1914 [ female voice and piano ], Wien : Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Mayerhoff (1864 - 1938), "Alles hinzugeben ist der Liebe Brauch", op. 6 (Zwei Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte.) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Klemm [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Gabe", published 1893 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Gift", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 72
To offer up everything is the way of love; Take then my life and my death too! [Take] all the soft flattering sounds of my songs, which have created a paradise out of rubble. [Take] all bright thoughts that on joy and sorrow boldly twine themselves aloft toward eternity. [Take] all my quiet longing, fervently entrusted to you, which in joyful tears falls like dew upon you! Take, so that you lack nothing when the hour calls, [take] my whole soul as a scent of sacrifice!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Barbara Elisabeth Glück (1814 - 1894), as Betty Paoli, "Gabe"
This text was added to the website: 2010-05-31
Line count: 20
Word count: 86