I love you and shall love you forever! | I want to swear it to you anew

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by Fr. von Weling

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ich liebe dich und will dich ewig lieben

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich will von Neuem dir es angeloben,
Und alle Götter hören mich da oben!
In meinem tiefsten Herzen steht's geschrieben,
Ich liebe dich und will dich ewig lieben!

Ein Feuer fühl' ich heftig in mir brennen,
Die Liebe ist's, willst du es anders nennen!
Im Innern steht's mit Flammenschrift geschrieben:
Ich liebe dich und will dich ewig lieben!

Und laß mich dann auch in dein Auge blicken,
Gewähre mir dies himmlische Entzücken!
So lange nur, bis dort auch steht geschrieben:
Ich liebe dich und will dich ewig lieben!

Text Authorship:

by Fr. von Weling [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 Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Ich liebe dich und will dich ewig lieben", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I love you and shall love you forever!", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 12
Word count: 88

I love you and shall love you forever!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

I want to swear it to you anew,
And [may] all the gods above hear me!
It is written in the depths of my heart:
I love you and shall love you forever!

I feel a fire burning intensely within me.
It is love, [even if] you give it another name!
Within me is written in letters of fire:
I love you and shall love you forever!

And let me then look into your eyes as well,
Grant me this heavenly rapture
Only until there, too, it is written:
I love you and shall love you forever!

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2006 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Fr. von Weling
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This text was added to the website: 2006-04-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 97