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by Christiane Rosalia Friederik (1839 - 1901), as Ada Christen

Nur Du allein, Du schautest wie ich litt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nur Du allein, Du schautest wie ich litt,
Nur Du allein hast meiner Qual geglaubt,
Du schirmtest die Gedanken mir im Haupt –
Als Nacht mit Licht in meiner Seele stritt.

Nur Du allein, Du lieh'st mir Deine Hand,
Als ich einst kam, geschmähet und bedroht –
Als sich kein heimathlicher Heerd mir bot,
Als ich allein auf weiter Erde stand ...

Nur Du allein, Du hast mich nie betrübt,
Seit Du erschaut, wie ich so tiefverarmt –
Nur Du allein hast Dich einst mein erbarmt,
Hast mich beschützt – und hast mich nie geliebt ...

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Confirmed with Ada Christen, Schatten, Hamburg 1872, page 5.


Text Authorship:

  • by Christiane Rosalia Friederik (1839 - 1901), as Ada Christen, no title, appears in Schatten, in Daheim, in Nur Du allein, no. 1 [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 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Nur Du allein", op. 57 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 6, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Russian (Русский), adapted by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893) ; composed by Gennady Osipovich Korganov, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-02-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 95

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