by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838)
An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
Language: German (Deutsch)
An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust, Du meine Wonne, du meine Lust! Das Glück ist die Liebe, die Lieb' ist das Glück, Ich [hab' es]1 gesagt und nehm's nicht zurück. Hab' [überglücklich]2 mich geschätzt Bin überglücklich aber jetzt. Nur die da säugt, nur die da liebt Das Kind, dem sie die Nahrung giebt; Nur eine Mutter weiß allein, Was lieben heißt und glücklich sein. O, wie bedaur' ich doch den Mann, Der Mutterglück nicht fühlen kann! [Du schauest mich an und lächelst dazu, Du lieber, lieber Engel, du]3! An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust, Du meine Wonne, du meine Lust!
Louis Ferdinand sets stanzas 1-3, 7-8
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von Adelbert von Chamisso, Neunzehnte Auflage (19th edition), Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1869, pages 14-15.
Note: Modern German would change the spelling of "giebt" to "gibt"
1 Loewe: "hab's"2 Schumann: "überschwenglich"
3 Loewe, Schumann: "Du lieber, lieber Engel, du,/ Du schauest mich an und lächelst dazu"
Text Authorship:
- by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Frauen-Liebe und Leben, no. 7 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Frauen-Liebe", published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Mechetti [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust", op. 60 no. 7 (1836), from Frauenliebe, Liederkranz von Chamisso, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Louis Ferdinand, Prinz von Preußen (1907 - 1994), "Liebesglück", published 1966, stanzas 1-3,7-8 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "An meinem Herzen" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust", op. 42 no. 7 (1840), published 1843 [ voice and piano ], from Frauenliebe und -Leben, no. 7, Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Mei Foong Ang) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DAN Danish (Dansk) (Maryanna Morthensen) , "Ved mit hjerte, ved mit bryst", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Hier in mijn armen, hier aan mijn borst", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Daniel Platt) , "At my heart, at my breast", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Kyle Gee) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur mon cœur, sur mon sein", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) (Tsippora Samberg) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Sul mio cuore, sul mio petto", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Natalia Vyshynska) , "В моём сердце, в моей груди", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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