Beware, my love, you do not know me!

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by Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Nimm dich in Acht, mein Lieb, du kennst...

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Nimm dich in Acht, mein Lieb, du kennst mich nicht!
So wie der Goldgrund alter Schloßtapeten
Durch tausend übermalte Farben bricht,
Um sonnenleuchtend an den Tag zu treten, -

So wie im Steppenbrande Halm für Halm
Jählings verknisternd durch die Flammen fliegen,
Um immer wieder aus dem Aschenqualm
Den schlanken Siegerleib im Licht zu wiegen -

So treib nur hin, so toll' nur lachend hin,
Wo weiße Frauenarme dich umwinden:
Denn immer - weil ich deine Sehnsucht bin, -
Wirst du in fremden meine Seele finden!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Leuchtende Tage. Neue Gedichte von Ludwig Jacobowski, Dritte Auflage, Berlin, 1908, page 43.

Text Authorship:

by Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900), "Siegerin", appears in Leuchtende Tage. Neue Gedichte [author's text checked 1 time 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 Eugen (Francis Charles) d'Albert (1864 - 1932), "Meine Seele", op. 18 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Adolph Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2014-12-22
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Beware, my love, you do not know me!

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Beware, my love, you do not know me!
Just as the golden background of old wallpaper in castles
Breaks forth through a thousand overlaid colours
In order to step into the light of the day, shining like the sun, -

Just as in a fire on the steppe grass-blade upon grass-blade,
Dissolving in sparks, flies hastily through the flames,
In order to stand swaying its victorious form in the light
Ever anew from out of the ash-fumes -

Only surge onward thus, so madly laughing onward,
Where the white arms of women encircle you:
Because always - since I am your yearning, -
You shall find my soul within strangers!

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Translations of title(s):
"Meine Seele" = "My soul"
"Siegerin" = "Victorious woman"

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Ludwig Jacobowski (1868 - 1900), "Siegerin", appears in Leuchtende Tage. Neue Gedichte
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This text was added to the website: 2019-04-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 106