Jij, mijn enig licht!

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sometimes misattributed to Volkslieder (Folksongs) and by Heinrich Albert (1604 - 1651)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Du mein einzig Licht

(Sung text for setting by J. Brahms)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Du mein einzig Licht,
Die Lilj und Ros hat nicht,
Was an Farb und Schein
Dir möcht ähnlich sein,
Nur daß dein stolzer Mut
Der Schönheit unrecht thut.

 ... 

Meine Heimat du,
Von welcher Lust und Ruh
Ist der Himmel gar
Wie die Erde bar.
Nur daß dein strenges Wort
Mich weht vom süßen Port.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3 of the original text.

Composition:

Johannes Brahms

Deutsche Volkslieder

Text Authorship:

sometimes misattributed to Volkslieder (Folksongs)
by Heinrich Albert (1604 - 1651)

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Simon Dach (1605 - 1659) [text unavailable]
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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (John Glenn Paton) , "You my only light", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Toi mon unique lumière", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 31
Word count: 133

Jij, mijn enig licht!

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Brahms)

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Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Jij, mijn enig licht!
De roos, de lelie mist
Wat aan kleur en schijn
Jou gelijk kon zijn;
Slechts dat jouw trots gemoed
Je schoonheid onrecht doet.

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Mijn echt thuis ben jij!
Zo vol van rust en blij
Is de hemel nooit
Noch de aarde ooit.
Slechts dat jouw strenge woord
Mij weert van 't zoete oord.

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a text in French (Français) by Simon Dach (1605 - 1659) [text unavailable]
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