Zueignung | Ja, du weißt es, theure Seele

by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864)

Ja, du weißt es, theure Seele

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA RUS SPA SPA

Ja, du weißt es, theure Seele,
Daß ich fern von dir mich quäle,
Liebe macht die Herzen krank,
      Habe Dank.

Hielt ich nicht, der Freiheit Zecher,
Hoch den Amethisten-Becher
Und du segnetest den Trank,
      Habe Dank.

Und beschworst darin die Bösen,
Bis ich, was ich nie gewesen,
Heilig an das Herz dir sank,
      Habe Dank.

Available sung texts: ← What is this?

• R. Strauss

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Confirmed with Hermann von Gilm, Gedichte, Erster Band, Wien: Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1864, page 146.

Text Authorship:

by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864), no title, appears in Im Frühling [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), "Zueignung", op. 10 (Acht Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter" von Hermann von Gilm) no. 1 (1882-23) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) (Rebecca Plack) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Devotion", first published 1897

Research team for this page: Lawrence Snyder , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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