To Thee ... | To Thee, oh God! I dedicate my spirit

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Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Dir...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Dir o Gott! weih' ich meinen Sinn,
In stiller Demuth bete ich Dich an.
Flehend schwebt mein Wort zu Dir hin,
Mit Zagen, dass ich nicht bezwingen kann--
Vater hörst Du mich?!

Dir, o Lieb'! weih ich Lied und Herz!
Geheimnisvoll, wie Gottes Himmel Du!
Ob Dir meine Andacht, Furcht und Schmerz!
Fragend, mit banger Lust ruf' ich Dir zu:
Mädchen liebst Du mich?!

Text Authorship:

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 János Végh (1845 - 1918), as Johann Végh, "Dir...", 1868, published 1869 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Gedichte, Heft 2, no. 9, Pest: Táborszky & Parsch; Wien: F. Wessely; Leipzig: Fr. Hofmeister, Nr. 72 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "To Thee ...", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-10-10
Line count: 10
Word count: 64

To Thee ...

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

To Thee, oh God! I dedicate my spirit,
I worship Thee in quiet humility.
Pleadingly my words waft toward Thee,
With trepidation that I cannot subdue--
Father, dost Thou hear me?!

To you, oh Love! I dedicate song and heart!
You are as mysterious as God’s heaven!
O'er you my worship, fear, and pain!
Questioningly, with anxious joy I call to you:
Maiden, do you love me?!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2019-03-09
Line count: 10
Word count: 67