Dedicatoria | Tú, alma mía; tú, mi corazón;

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Abel Alamillo Fernández

Du meine Seele, du mein Herz

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE IRI ITA SPA SPA

Du meine [Seele]¹, du mein Herz,
Du meine [Wonn']², o du mein Schmerz,
Du meine Welt, in der ich lebe,
Mein Himmel du, [darein]³ ich [schwebe]⁴,
O du mein Grab, in das hinab
Ich ewig meinen Kummer gab!
Du bist die [Ruh]⁵, du bist der Frieden,
Du bist [der Himmel,]⁶ mir beschieden.
[Daß du mich liebst]⁷, macht mich mir werth,
Dein Blick hat mich vor mir verklärt,
Du hebst mich liebend über mich,
Mein guter Geist, mein beßres Ich!

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• B. Bartók • E. Schmezer • R. Schumann • B. Bartók

B. Bartók sets lines 1-2, 11-12 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information

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Confirmed with Friedrich Rückert's Liebesfrühling, Achte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main: J.D. Sauerländer's Verlag, 1872, page 6.

¹ Bartók: "Liebe"
² Schmezer: "Wonne"
³ Schmezer: "darin" (also in some editions of the original poem)
⁴ Schmezer: "lebe"
⁵ Schmezer: "Ruhe"
⁶ Schumann: "vom Himmel"
⁷ Bartók: "Wenn du mich liebest"; Schmezer: "Daß du mich liebest"

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 3 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Nicolas Bacri (b. 1961), "Du meine Seele ", op. 126a no. 1 (2012), first performed 2013 [ voice and piano ], from Drei romantische Liebesgesänge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945), no title, 1900, published 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 1, Published as a facsimile of the manuscript, Homosassa, Florida: Bartók Records, ed. Ference Bónis [sung text checked 2 times]
by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Du meine Seele", op. 1 (2 Gedichte von Rückert und: die Nonne von Uhland) no. 3, published 1837 [ voice and piano ], Mannheim, Heckel [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Du meine Seele", op. 21 (Sechs Lieder für 2 Singstimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1847 [ vocal duet with piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
by Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803 - 1836), "Du meine Seele", op. 12 no. 4, published 1836, from Persische Lieder von Fr. Rückert, no. 4, Berlin, Bethge [sung text not yet checked]
by F. C. (Ferdinand Carl) Füchs (1811 - 1848), "Widmung", op. 33, published 1845 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Wien, Witzendorf [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812 - 1883), "Aus dem Liebesfrühling", op. 32 (Vier Liebeslieder) no. 3 [ duet for soprano and tenor with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Johann von Haszlinger , "Du meine Seele, du mein Herz", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "Du meine Seele", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder von F. Rückert) no. 1, published 1840 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters [sung text not yet checked]
by Henry Charles Litolff (1818 - 1891), "Du meine Seele", op. 58 no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Mein bessres Ich", op. 106 no. 4, published 1840 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Frühlingsliebe von Fr. Rückert für Sopran oder Tenor, no. 4, Hannover, Nagel [sung text not yet checked]
by Wilhelm Mayer (1831 - 1898?), "Widmung" [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from 3 Gesänge, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877), "Du meine Seele, du mein Herz", op. 15 (Neun Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 7, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
by Elise Schmezer (1810 - 1856), "Widmung", op. 7 (Lieder, Romanzen und Balladen, Viertes Heft der Gesänge) no. 3, published c1850 [ high voice and piano ], Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Widmung", op. 25 no. 1 (1840), published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Myrten, no. 1, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945), "Herr! der du alles wohl gemacht", 1900, published 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Liebeslieder, no. 6, published as a facsimile of the manuscript, Homosassa, Florida: Bartók Records, ed. Ference Bónis
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79

Dedicatoria

Language: Spanish (Español) after the German (Deutsch)

Tú, alma mía; tú, mi corazón;
tú, mi deleite; oh, tú, mi sufrimiento;
tú eres el mundo en el que yo vivo,
el cielo en el que yo floto,
¡oh tú eres mi tumba, dentro de la que yo
enterraré para toda la eternidad mis preocupaciones!
Tú eres el reposo, tú eres la paz,
eres lo que el cielo me ha otorgado.
Que tú me ames, me hace digno,
tu mirada me transfigura,
amándome me elevas por encima de mí mismo,
¡mi espíritu bueno, mi mejor yo!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2005 by Abel Alamillo Fernández, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 3
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This text was added to the website: 2005-03-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 87