What are you to me? | What are you to me?

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by Eleonore van der Straaten (1873 - 1960)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Was Du mir bist?

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Was Du mir bist?
Der Ausblick in ein schönes Land,
Wo fruchtbelad'ne Bäume ragen,
Blumen blüh'n am Quellenrand.

Was Du mir bist?
Der Sterne Funkeln, das Gewölk durchbricht,
Der ferne Lichtstrahl, der im Dunkeln spricht:
O Wanderer, verzage nicht!

Und war mein Leben auch Entsagen,
Glänzte mir kein froh' Geschick -
Was Du mir bist? Kannst Du noch fragen?
Mein Glaube an das Glück.

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Text Authorship:

by Eleonore van der Straaten (1873 - 1960) [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 Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957), "Was Du mir bist?", op. 22 (Three Lieder) no. 1 (1928/9) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "What are you to me?", copyright © 2023
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Qu'es-tu pour moi ?", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 63

What are you to me?

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

What are you to me?
The sight of a beautiful countryside,
Where fruit-laden trees tower,
The blossoming of flowers at the edge of a spring.

What are you to me?
The resplendence of stars piercing the clouds,
The distant ray of light that speaks in the darkness:
O traveler, do not despair!

And even if my life was also a renunciation,
[and] before me no bright fate gleamed --
What are you to me? Need you still ask? :
My belief in happiness.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2023 by Emily Ezust
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