by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation by Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
Ich hatt ihn einzig mir erkoren
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: FRE
Ich hatt ihn einzig mir erkoren; Ich schien mir nur für ihn geboren, Begehrte nichts als seine Gunst.
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Aurelie", op. 91 no. 11, from Die Gedichte und das Requiem fur Mignon aus Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahre", no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Thomas Carlyle)
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-09
Line count: 3
Word count: 18
Him had I chosen from all others
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Him had I chosen from all others, His would I be, and not another’s; To me his love was all in all.
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Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-01
Line count: 3
Word count: 22