Ich trage meine Minne 
Vor Wonne stumm
Im Herzen und im Sinne 
Mit mir herum.
Ja, daß ich dich gefunden, 
Du liebes Kind,
Das freut mich alle [Stunde]1, 
Die mir beschieden sind.

[Ob]2 auch der Himmel trübe, 
Kohlschwarz die Nacht,
Hell leuchtet meiner Liebe 
Goldsonn'ge Pracht.
Und liegt [die]3 Welt in Sünden, 
So tut mir's weh --
Die arge muß erblinden 
Vor deiner Unschuld Schnee.

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Note: in some editions of the Strauss in stanza 2, line 5 there is a typo in word 2 ("lügt" instead of "liegt").

¹ Strauss: "Tage"
² Strauss: "Und ob"
³ Strauss:"auch die"

Text Authorship:

• by Karl Friedrich Henckell (1864 - 1929), no title [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Ich trage meine Minne", op. 32 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 (1896) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Porto el meu amor", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Geluk draag ik van ‘t minnen", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I bear my love", copyright © 2016
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je porte mon amour", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Io porto il mio amore", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "愛を抱いて", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 68