by Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772 - 1801), as Novalis
Geistliches Lied No. 5 See original
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wenn ich ihn nur habe,
Wenn er mein nur ist,
Wenn mein Herz bis hin zum Grabe
Seine Treue nie vergißt:
Weiß ich nichts von Leide,
Fühle nichts, als Andacht, Lieb und Freude.
Wenn ich ihn nur habe,
Lass' ich alles gern,
Folg' an meinem Wanderstabe
Treugesinnt nur meinem Herrn;
Lasse still die Andern
Breite, lichte, volle Straßen wandern.
...
First published in Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1802. Herausgegeben von A. W. Schlegel und L. Tieck. Tübingen, in der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1802, pages 199-200.
Composition:
- Set to music by Alphons Diepenbrock (1862 - 1921), "Geistliches Lied No. 5", 1898, orchestrated 1906, stanzas 1-2
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772 - 1801), as Novalis, no title, written 1799-1800, appears in Geistliche Lieder, no. 5, first published 1802
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Hymne II - Wenn ich ihn nur habe", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "If I only have Him", copyright ©
- ENG English (George MacDonald) , "Spiritual Songs, number 5", appears in Rampolli: Growths from a Long Planted Root. Being Translations, New and Old, Chiefly from the German, first published 1897
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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