Accepte-moi comme ton bien (Anonymous, set by Johann Sebastian Bach, Gary Bachlund) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Nimm mich dir zu eigen hin

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): FRE IRI

Nimm mich dir zu eigen hin,
Nimm mein Herze zum Geschenke.
Alles, alles, was ich bin,
Was ich rede, tu und denke,
Soll, mein Heiland, nur allein
Dir zum Dienst gewidmet sein.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750), "Nimm mich dir zu eigen hin", BWV 65 (1724), from the cantata Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Nimm mich", 2012 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English [singable] (Ebenezer Prout) , "Take me to Thee for Thine own"
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:18
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Word count: 32

Accepte‑moi comme ton bien

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Accepte-moi comme ton bien,
Reçois le présent de mon cœur.
Et que tout ce que je suis,
Dis, pense et fais,
Ne soit plus consacré, ô mon Sauveur,
Qu'à te servir.

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Translations of title(s):
"Nimm mich" = "Accepte-moi"
"Nimm mich dir zu eigen hin" = "Accepte-moi comme ton bien"

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2018 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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a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

Text added to the website: 2018-10-27 00:00:00
Last modified: 2018-10-27 15:12:12
Line count: 6
Word count: 31