by
Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
It's all I have to bring today
Language: English
Available translation(s): GER
It's all I have to bring today --
This, and my heart beside --
This, and my heart, and all the fields --
And all the meadows wide --
Be sure you count -- should I forget
Some one the sum could tell --
This, and my heart, and all the Bees
Which in the Clover dwell.
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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 Dace Aperans (b. 1953), "It's all I have to bring today", 1994, from Three Songs with poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990), "It's all I have to bring", alternate title: "This and my heart", 1940-44, published 1944 [ high voice and piano ], from Five Poems by Emily Dickinson, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Brodbin Kennedy , "It's all I have to bring today", published 1973 [ SSA chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Sisco , "It's all I have to bring today", 2007 [ soprano and piano ], from Love is..., no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 8
Word count: 51
Nur dieses bringe ich heut mit
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English
Nur dieses bringe ich heut mit -
mein Herz noch im Geleit,
dies, und mein Herz, die ganze Flur
und all die Auen weit.
Falls ich’s vergess’, du zählst gewiss,
- dass einer kennt die Zahl, -
dies, und mein Herz, die Bienen all,
vom Klee bestellt zum Mahl.
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Translation of titles:
"It's all I have to bring" = "Nur dieses bringe ich mit"
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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 49