Jij mijn bezieling | Jij mijn bezieling, jij mijn hart

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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Du meine Seele, du mein Herz

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): CAT CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE IRI ITA SPA SPA

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

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.

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), "Du meine Seele, du mein Herz", 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

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Robert Garrigós) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Català) (Marta Garcia Cadena) , "Dedicatòria", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Jij mijn bezieling", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "You my soul, you my heart", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Dedication", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Dedication", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Karel Vereycken) , "Toi mon âme, toi mon coeur", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Dedica", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Abel Alamillo Fernández) , "Dedicatoria", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 79

Jij mijn bezieling

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Jij mijn bezieling, jij mijn hart,
Jij mijn verrukking, jij mijn smart,
Jij de planeet waarop 'k mag leven,
De hemel ook waarnaar 'k mag zweven,
O, jij mijn graf, waarin ik borg
Voor eeuwig mijn verdriet en zorg.
Jij bent de rust, jij bent de vrede,
Jij bent de hemel, nu mijn heden.
Jij houdt van mij, 'k word zó beloond;
Jouw blik heeft mij mijzelf getoond.
Jij tilt mij uit boven mijzelf,
Mijn goede geest, mijn beet're helft!

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Authorship:

Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2007 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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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

This text was added to the website: 2007-09-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 80