Ob ich manchmal Dein gedenke? Wüßtest Du, wie sehr ich's thu', Dir auch noch die Schatten lenke Träumender Gedanken zu! Tag und Nacht, und alle Stunden,-- O das Alles sagt es nicht; Du, seitdem wir uns gefunden, Bist's allein, was aus mir spricht. Alles Andre seh' ich schweben Um mich her wie Traum und Schein. Dein zu denken ist mein Leben, Dich zu lieben ist mein Sein.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Christian Reinhold Köstlin’s poetry manuscripts, Z 4131, poem 31, Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach, Germany.
Note: in Jenner's song, in stanza 3, line 2, word 4 ("wie") becomes "in" in the repetition. Note: in Lang's first edition (1848), in stanza 1, line 3, word 6 ("lenke") was "lenken" and stanza 3, line 1, word 5 was "schwanken". These were corrected in the 2008 edition.
Text Authorship:
- by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), no title, subtitle: "9. März", written 1841 [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 Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Ob ich manchmal dein gedenke?", op. 4 (Elf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 11, published 1895 [ high voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Ob ich manchmal Dein gedenke", op. 27 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 3 (1841), published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Ebner [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) (Harald Krebs) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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