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by Adolf Schults (1820 - 1858)

Nur Du
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Du fragst mich was ich treibe, du fragst mich was ich tu',
mein Dichten und mein Trachten bist du, bist du.
Von Früh, wenn ich erwache bis späte, wenn ich ruh
mein Denken und mein Sehnen bist du, bist du, bist du.

Dich seh' ich, schloß mein Auge ein milder Schlummer zu,
mein Wachen und mein Träumen bist du, bist du.
Was ich begehr auf Erden? Was wollt ich noch hinzu?
Mein Erstes und mein Letztes bist du, bist du, bist du.

Confirmed with Adolf Schults, Gedichte, dritte vermehrte Auflage, Iserlohn: Julius Bädeker, 1857, page 49. Appears in Liebeleben I.


Text Authorship:

  • by Adolf Schults (1820 - 1858), appears in Gedichte, in Liebeleben I [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 Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Nur Du", op. 40 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1852 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Stuttgart: Göpel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vilém (Wilhelm) Blodek (1834 - 1874), "Nur Du", published 1909, from Liebeslieder, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812 - 1883), "Nur Du", op. 56 no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from [Fünf] Liebeslieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Hamburg, Pohle [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hermann Hesse (flourished 1876), "Nur du", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Bremen, Praeger & M. [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 82

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