I bear my love | I bear my love

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by Karl Friedrich Henckell (1864 - 1929)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Ich trage meine Minne

(Sung text for setting by R. Strauss)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA JPN

Ich trage meine Minne 
Vor Wonne stumm
Im Herzen und im Sinne 
Mit mir herum.
Ja, daß ich dich gefunden, 
Du liebes Kind,
Das freut mich alle Tage, 
Die mir beschieden sind.

Und ob auch der Himmel trübe, 
Kohlschwarz die Nacht,
Hell leuchtet meiner Liebe 
Goldsonn'ge Pracht.
Und liegt auch die Welt in Sünden, 
So tut mir's weh --
Die arge muß erblinden 
Vor deiner Unschuld Schnee.

Note: in some editions of the Strauss in stanza 2, line 5 there is a typo in word 2 ("lügt" instead of "liegt").

Composition:

Richard Georg Strauss

Text Authorship:

by Karl Friedrich Henckell (1864 - 1929), no title

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Porto el meu amor", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Geluk draag ik van ‘t minnen", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I bear my love", copyright © 2016
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je porte mon amour", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Io porto il mio amore", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "愛を抱いて", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 68

I bear my love

(Sung text translation for setting by R. Strauss)

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I bear my love 
Silent with joy,
In my heart and in my mind
With me everywhere.
Yes, that I have found you, 
Beloved one,
Will delight me every day 
That has been granted to me.

And though the sky is gloomy,
And the night is as black as coal,
My love shines brightly,
With the splendor of sunny gold. 
And although the world is full of sin, 
Which makes me sad,
The evil must be blinded
By your innocence, pure as snow.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2016 by Emily Ezust
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This text was added to the website: 2016-09-29
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Word count: 84