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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by John H. Campbell, W. Kommer

Jünglings Gebet

(Sung text for setting by C. Loewe)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Herr! der Du Alles wohl gemacht!
  Ich will nichts, was nicht du willst schenken.
  Du machst es nicht, wie wir's gedacht;
  Du machst es besser, als wir's denken. 

Mich geb' ich hier in deine Hand,
  Daß du mich meiner Liebsten gebest.
  Du hast geschlungen dieses Band,
  O daß du's immer fester webest. 

O ziehe nicht die Hand zurück,
  Die du zum Heil mir ausgestrecket!
  Du leitest mich zu meinem Glück;
  Gieb, daß dazu kein Weg mich schrecket.

Soll ich mit ihr auf Rosen geh'n?
  Den Dornenpfad? Ich geh' in Frieden.
  Und sollen wir getrennt hier steh'n,
  Laß uns im Himmel ungeschieden.

Note: there is a typo in Bartók's score in stanza 3 line 2: word 6 is misspelled "ausgestrecktet"

Composition:

Carl Loewe

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 5. Fünfter Strauß. Verbunden or Wiedergewonnen], no. 2

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Word count: 104

Lord ! Lord, you who are the creator of all

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Loewe)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 Lord ! Lord, you who are the creator of all, 
 I don't want what you don't want to give. 
 Thou makest it not as we would wish;
 you make it better than we could imagine.
 
 I give myself here into your hands,
 so that you will give me to my sweetheart. 
 You have wound this bond, 
 oh, I wish that you would wind it ever more tightly! 
 
 O don't withdraw the hand 
 that you have given me for my salvation!
 You lead me to my happiness;
 grant that my path will not frighten me.
 
 Shall I go with her on roses? 
 The path of thorns? I go in peace. 
 And should we stand parted,
 let us be united in heaven!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 5. Fünfter Strauß. Verbunden or Wiedergewonnen], no. 2
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