English translation of Herr! der du alles wohl gemacht
by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945), "Herr! der du alles wohl gemacht", 1900, published 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 6, published as a facsimile of the manuscript, Homosassa, Florida: Bartók Records, ed. Ference BónisNote: this is a translation of one multi-text setting.
Herr! der Du Alles wohl gemacht!
Ich will nichts, was nicht du willst schenken.
Du machst es nicht, wie wir's gedacht;
Du machst es besser, als wir's denken.
Mich geb' ich hier in deine Hand,
Daß du mich meiner Liebsten gebest.
Du hast geschlungen dieses Band,
O daß du's immer fester webest.
O ziehe nicht die Hand zurück,
Die du zum Heil mir ausgestrecket!
Du leitest mich zu meinem Glück;
Gieb, daß dazu kein Weg mich schrecket.
... Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 5. Fünfter Strauß. Verbunden or Wiedergewonnen], no. 2
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Friedrich Rückert's Liebesfrühling, Achte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main: J.D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1872, page 250.
Note: there is a typo in Bartók's score in stanza 3 line 2: word 6 is misspelled "ausgestrecktet"
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Du meine Liebe, du mein Herz,
Du meine Wonn', o du mein Schmerz,
...
Du hebst mich liebend über mich,
Mein guter Geist, mein beßres Ich!
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 3
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Friedrich Rückert's Liebesfrühling, Achte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main: J.D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1872, page 6.
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Lord ! Lord, you who are the creator of all,
I don't want what you don't want to give.
Thou makest it not as we would wish;
you make it better than we could imagine.
I give myself here into your hands,
so that you will give me to my sweetheart.
You have wound this bond,
oh, I wish that you would wind it ever more tightly!
O don't withdraw the hand
that you have given me for my salvation!
You lead me to my happiness;
grant that my path will not frighten me.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 5. Fünfter Strauß. Verbunden or Wiedergewonnen], no. 2
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You my soul, you my heart,
you my bliss, o you my pain,
...
you raise me lovingly above myself,
my good spirit, my better self!
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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 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 3
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