You mean the world to me | My only thought

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by Ernst Marischka (1893 - 1963)

Translation © by Linda Godry

Ich habe nur einen Gedanken

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Ich habe nur einen Gedanken,
nur einen zu jeglicher Stund!
Küß' ich deine Hände die schlanken,
dann sehn ich mich nach deinem Mund.
Ich hab' nur das eine Begehren
Und das wird zum frommen Gebet:
Du sollst mir für immer gehören,
weil nie meine Sehnsucht vergeht!

Du bist die Welt für mich.
Ich sehe dich, nur dich im Sonnenschein.
Du bist die Welt für mich,
ich lebe nur für dich, für dich allein!
Du bist mein lachender Mai,
und gehst du fort, ist mein Frühling vorbei.
Ja, du bist die Welt für mich,
und mein Gebet es spricht:
"Ich liebe dich!"

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Text Authorship:

by Ernst Marischka (1893 - 1963) [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 Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855 - 1913), "Ich habe nur einen Gedanken", op. 25 (Drei Lieder für 1 tiefere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1897 [ low voice and piano ], Diedenhofen, Scharff [sung text not yet checked]
by Richard Tauber (1891 - 1948), "Du bist die Welt für mich" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Hermann Zumpe , "Ich habe nur einen Gedanken", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Offenbach, André. [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Linda Godry) , "You mean the world to me", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Linda Godry

This text was added to the website: 2007-02-23
Line count: 17
Word count: 101

You mean the world to me

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

My only thought
In every moment,
Is to kiss your dainty hands,
while yearning for your mouth.
I have but one desire
And that becomes a constant prayer:
That you would be mine forever,
Because my yearning will never end!

You mean the world to me.
I see only you, you under the sky.
You mean the world to me,
I only live through you, you alone!
You make my life so gay
Should you leave me, there would be no spring any more.
Yes, you mean the world to me,
Listen to my prayer telling you:
"I do love You!"

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This text was added to the website: 2007-02-23
Line count: 17
Word count: 101