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Du gabst, o Herr, mir Seyn und Leben, Und Deiner Lehre himmlisch Licht; Was kann dafür, ich Staub, Dir geben? Nur danken kann ich, mehr doch nicht. Wohl mir! Du willst für Deine Liebe Ja nichts, als wieder Lieb' allein; Und Liebe, dankerfüllte Liebe Soll meines Lebens Wonne seyn. Mich selbst, o Herr, mein Thun und Denken Und Leid und Freude opfr' ich Dir; Herr, nimm durch Deines Sohnes Opfer Dieß Herzensopfer auch von mir! -
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Confirmed with Johann Philipp Neumann, Gesänge zur Feyer des heiligen Opfers der Messe. Nebst einem Anhange enthaltend: das Gebeth des Herrn. Wien, bey Anton von Haykul, 1827, page 7.
Authorship:
- by Johann Philipp Neumann (1774 - 1849), "Zu der Opferung oder dem Offertorium", appears in Gesänge zur Feier des heiligen Opfers der Messe, no. 4, first published 1827 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Zum Offertorium", D 872 no. 4 (1827), published 1870 [ satb chorus, organ and orchestra ], from mass Deutsche Messe, no. 4, J. P. Gotthard, VN 117-119, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Gerard Weel) , "Bij de offerande", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Offertorio", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-12
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Word count: 76
Tu m'as donné, ô Seigneur, l'existence et la vie, Et la lumière céleste de ton enseignement ; Que puis-je, poussière que je suis, te donner ? Je peux seulement te remercier, rien de plus. Je suis heureux ! Pour ton amour tu ne veux Rien, seulement de l'amour en retour ; Et l'amour, l'amour reconnaissant, Sera le bonheur de ma vie. Moi-même, ô Seigneur, mes actes et mes pensées Et le chagrin et le joie, je te les offre ; Seigneur, par le sacrifice de ton fils accepte Le sacrifice de mon cœur aussi.
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Translations of title(s):
"Zu der Opferung oder dem Offertorium" = "Pour l'offertoire"
"Zum Offertorium" = "Pour l'offertoire"
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Philipp Neumann (1774 - 1849), "Zu der Opferung oder dem Offertorium", appears in Gesänge zur Feier des heiligen Opfers der Messe, no. 4, first published 1827
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 94