Nur dieses bringe ich heut mit

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by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

It's all I have to bring today

Language: English

Our translations: 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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Text Authorship:

by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1896 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Dace Aperans (b. 1953), no title, 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 Rhian Samuel (b. 1944), "It's all I have to bring today", 2021-22, first performed 2022 [ voice, viola and piano ], from My Heart beside, no. 3, Tŷ Cerdd [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]

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GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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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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Based on:

a text in English by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886), no title, appears in Poems by Emily Dickinson, first published 1896
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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 46