by Christiane Rosalia Friederik (1839 - 1901), as Ada Christen
Translation by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)
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.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2017-02-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 95
Lish` ty' odin
Language: Russian (Русский) after the German (Deutsch)
Lish` ty' odin v [moim stradan`yam]1 veril, odin vosstal na lzhivy'j sud lyudskoj i [podderzhat`]2 moj dux iznemogavshij v te dni, kak svet vo mne borolsya s t`moj. Lish` ty' odin prostyor mne smelo ruku, kogda k tebe, otchayan`ya polna, prishla ya s serdcem, krov`yu istekavshim, bez zhalostnoj tolpoj oskorblena. Lish` ty' odin mne [v zhizni]3 ni mgnoven`ya ne otravlyal... [Mne v zhizni nikogda ne omrachil]4 odin bereg ot bur` s uchast`em nezhny'm... I nikogda menya ty' ne lyubil!
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1 Tchaikovsky: "мои страданья" ("moji stradan'ja")
2 Tchaikovsky: "поддержал" ("podderzhal")
3 Tchaikovsky: "вжизни" ("vzhizni")
4 Tchaikovsky: "Один меня щадил," ("Odin menja shchadil,")
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1 Tchaikovsky: "мои страданья" ("moji stradan'ja")
2 Tchaikovsky: "поддержал" ("podderzhal")
3 Tchaikovsky: "вжизни" ("vzhizni")
4 Tchaikovsky: "Один меня щадил," ("Odin menja shchadil,")
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christiane Rosalia Friederik (1839 - 1901), as Ada Christen, no title, appears in Schatten, in Daheim, in Nur Du allein, no. 1
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gennady Osipovich Korganov (1858 - 1890), "Лишь ты один", op. 19 (Четыре романса) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Лишь ты один", op. 57 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 6 (1884), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 83