by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
Translation © by Gabriel Rosenstock

Du meine Seele, du mein Herz
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Available translation(s): CAT CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE IRI ITA SPA SPA
Du meine [Seele]1, du mein Herz,
Du meine [Wonn']2, o du mein Schmerz,
Du meine Welt, in der ich lebe,
Mein Himmel du, [darein]3 ich [schwebe]4,
O du mein Grab, in das hinab
Ich ewig meinen Kummer gab!
Du bist die [Ruh]5, du bist der Frieden,
Du bist [der Himmel,]6 mir beschieden.
[Daß du mich liebst]7, macht mich mir werth,
Dein Blick hat mich vor mir verklärt,
Du hebst mich liebend über mich,
Mein guter Geist, mein beßres Ich!

B. Bartók sets lines 1-2, 11-12 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information

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Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert's Liebesfrühling, Achte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main: J.D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1872, page 6.

1 Bartók: "Liebe"
2 Schmezer: "Wonne"
3 in some editions, Schmezer "darin"
4 Schmezer: "lebe"
5 Schmezer: "Ruhe"
6 Schumann: "vom Himmel"
7 Bartók: "Wenn du mich liebest", Schmezer: "Daß du mich liebest"

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Robert Garrigós) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Marta Garcia Cadena) , "Dedicatòria", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Jij mijn bezieling", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "You my soul, you my heart", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Dedication", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Dedication", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Karel Vereycken) , "Toi mon âme, toi mon coeur", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Dedica", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Abel Alamillo Fernández) , "Dedicatoria", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79

M’anam is ea thú, ’s tú mo chroí
Language: Irish (Gaelic)  after the German (Deutsch) 
M’anam is ea thú, ’s tú mo chroí,
Tú an ríméad, is fós an phian,
An domhan go léir, an fód glas fúm,
Na flaithis fiú is mé ar foluain,
Is tú an uaigh is inti tá
An uile ní do bhí dom chrá!
An faoiseamh thú, is tú an suaimhneas
Ó neamh anuas thú chun mé ’mhúscailt.
Do ghrása amháin a shábháil mé
Do shúil ghlé a tharrtháil mé.
Uaislíonn do ghrá mé asam féin
A anam liom, is m’úr-mhéin!

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  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Irish (Gaelic) copyright © 2014 by Gabriel Rosenstock.

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This text was added to the website: 2014-12-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 81