Song of love | I kneel in the dust in front of you

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by Kory Elisabeth Rosenbaum (1868 - 1930), as Kory Towska

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Liebeslied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): ENG FRE

Kniend im Staube lieg ich vor dir, 
Du bist mein Glaube und mein Brevier. 
Du bist mein Lieben, du bist mein Hort, 
Mein Hoffen drüben. Mein Himmel dort. 

Bist meine Wahrheit und bist mein Traum. 
Bist die Erkenntnis in Zeit und Raum. 
Du bist das Gute, das Ding an sich. 
Du bist die Schönheit. Ich liebe dich.

Authorship:

by Kory Elisabeth Rosenbaum (1868 - 1930), as Kory Towska [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 Alban Maria Johannes Berg (1885 - 1935), "Liebeslied", c1902 [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, Vol. I (1901-04), no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , "Song of love", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant d'amour", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 57

Song of love

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I kneel in the dust in front of you,
You are my faith and my breviary.
You are my love, you are my refuge,
My hope above. My fixed heaven.

You are my truth and you are my dream.
You are my awareness in time and space.
You are the Good, the all in all.
You are Beauty. I love you.

Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 by Michael P Rosewall, (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 Kory Elisabeth Rosenbaum (1868 - 1930), as Kory Towska

This text was added to the website: 2020-01-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 61