Offertorio | Annoit minulle elämän

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by Johann Philipp Neumann (1774 - 1849)

Translation © by Erkki Pullinen

Du gabst, o Herr, mir Seyn und Leben

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FIN FRE

Du gabst, o Herr, mir Seyn und Leben,
Und Deiner Lehre himmlisch Licht;
Was kann dafür, ich Staub, Dir geben?
Nur danken kann ich, mehr doch nicht.

Wohl mir! Du willst für Deine Liebe
Ja nichts, als wieder Lieb' allein;
Und Liebe, dankerfüllte Liebe
Soll meines Lebens Wonne seyn.

Mich selbst, o Herr, mein Thun und Denken
Und Leid und Freude opfr' ich Dir;
Herr, nimm durch Deines Sohnes Opfer
Dieß Herzensopfer auch von mir! -

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Johann Philipp Neumann, Gesänge zur Feyer des heiligen Opfers der Messe. Nebst einem Anhange enthaltend: das Gebeth des Herrn. Wien, bey Anton von Haykul, 1827, page 7.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Philipp Neumann (1774 - 1849), "Zu der Opferung oder dem Offertorium", appears in Gesänge zur Feier des heiligen Opfers der Messe, no. 4, first published 1827 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Zum Offertorium", D 872 no. 4 (1827), published 1870 [ satb chorus, organ and orchestra ], from mass Deutsche Messe, no. 4, J. P. Gotthard, VN 117-119, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Gerard Weel) , "Bij de offerande", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Offertorio", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2017-12-12
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Word count: 75

Offertorio

Language: Finnish (Suomi) after the German (Deutsch)

Annoit minulle elämän
ja opetustesi taivaallisen kirkkauden.
Mitäpä minä, tomuhiukkanen, voisin puolestani antaa Sinulle?
Voin vain kiittää, en sen enempää.

Minun on hyvä olla! Rakkautesi vastalahjaksi
Sinä haluat vain rakkautta;
ja rakkaus, kiitollinen rakkaus
olkoon elämäni suurin onni ja ilo.

Itseni, Herra, kaikki tekoni ja ajatukseni
kaikki suruni ja iloni uhraan Sinulle;
Herra, ota Poikasi uhrin tähden vastaan 
minunkin sydämeni uhri.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Finnish (Suomi) copyright © 2022 by Erkki Pullinen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Philipp Neumann (1774 - 1849), "Zu der Opferung oder dem Offertorium", appears in Gesänge zur Feier des heiligen Opfers der Messe, no. 4, first published 1827
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This text was added to the website: 2022-02-19
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Word count: 61