Nothing blazes in my heart like this | Nothing blazes in my heart like this

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by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949) and by Clemens Krauss (1893 - 1954)

Translation © by Linda Godry

Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht

Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht,
Nein, Schöne, nichts auf dieser ganzen Erde,
Kein andres, das ich so wie dich begehrte,
Und käm' von Venus mir ein Angebot.
Dein Auge beut mir himmlisch-süsse Not,
Und wenn ein Aufschlag alle Qual vermehrte,
Ein andrer Wonne mir und Lust gewährte, -
Zwei Schläge sind dann Leben oder Tod.

Und trüg' ich's fünfmalhunderttausend Jahre,
Erhielte ausser dir, du Wunderbare,
Kein andres Wesen über mich Gewalt.
Durch neue Adern müsst' mein Blut ich giessen,
In meinen, voll von dir zum Überfliessen,
Fänd' neue Liebe weder Raum noch Halt.

Text Authorship:

by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Clemens Krauss (1893 - 1954) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, appears in Continuation des Amours, no. 28, first published 1555
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht", op. 85, first performed 1942, from opera Capriccio, ein "Konversationsstück für Musik" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Linda Godry) , "Nothing blazes in my heart like this", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2006-10-01
Line count: 14
Word count: 95

Nothing blazes in my heart like this

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Nothing blazes in my heart like this,
Nothing on this earth.
Nothing else that I desired as I did you,
Even if Venus herself made me an offer.
Your eye promises me heavenly sweet pain,
And if one blink multiplied my ordeal,
The next would grant me blissful delight, -
Two blinks can make all the difference, life or death.

And if I bore it seven times five thousand years,
Nobody but you, you marvelous [creature],
No other being would get me into its power.
Through new veins I would have to let my blood stream,
In mine, overflowing with you,
A new love would find neither room nor a foothold/future.

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949) and by Clemens Krauss (1893 - 1954)
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, appears in Continuation des Amours, no. 28, first published 1555
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2006-11-09
Line count: 14
Word count: 110