Jij al mijn denken, jij mijn een’ge waarde!

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Singable translation by Franz von Holstein (1826 - 1878)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Du mein Gedanke, du mein Sein und...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: CAT DUT SPA

Du mein Gedanke, du mein Sein und Werden!
De meines Herzens erste Seligkeit!
Ich liebe dich wie nichts auf dieser Erden,
Ich liebe dich in Zeit und Ewigkeit!

Ich denke dein, kann stets nur deiner denken,
Nur deinem Glück ist dieses Herz geweiht;
Wie Gott auch mag des Lebens Schicksal lenken,
Ich liebe dich in Zeit und Ewigkeit.

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Text Authorship:

Singable translation by Franz von Holstein (1826 - 1878), "Ich liebe dich" [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Min Tankes Tanke", written 1833, from Samlede Digte - Epigrammatiske Digte XII
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Ich liebe dich", op. 5 no. 3 (1864-1865), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], from Hjertets melodier, no. 3, Copenhagen, also set in Danish (Dansk) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Otto Hohlfeld (1854 - 1895), "Ich liebe dich", op. 11 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Darmstadt, Thies [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann Heinrich Samuel "Marcel" Sulzberger (1876 - 1941), "Du mein Gedanke", op. 1 (Zwei Gesänge) no. 1 (1905) [ voice and piano ], Zentralbibliothek Zürich, MS [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2005-09-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 58

Jij al mijn denken, jij mijn een’ge...

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

Jij al mijn denken, jij mijn een’ge waarde!
Jij van mijn hart de hoogste zaligheid!
Mijn grootste schat ben jij op deze aarde,
Ik houd van jou in tijd en eeuwigheid!

Ik denk aan jou, kan aan niets anders denken,
Aan jouw geluk slechts is dit hart gewijd;
Welk levenslot mij God ook ooit zal schenken,
Ik houd van jou in tijd en eeuwigheid!

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Translations of title(s):
"Du mein Gedanke" = "Jij al mijn denken"
"Ich liebe dich" = "Ik houd van jou"

Text Authorship:

Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2018 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Franz von Holstein (1826 - 1878), "Ich liebe dich" [an adaptation]
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Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Min Tankes Tanke", written 1833, from Samlede Digte - Epigrammatiske Digte XII
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This text was added to the website: 2018-03-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 64