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Du weißt es wohl, daß du mein Alles bist;
O wende nicht dein schönes Aug' von mir,
Red' ich von unsrer Liebe Glück mit dir,
Die du mein Alles bist!
Du weißt es wohl, daß du mein Alles bist;
O sieh beneidend nicht den Blumen nach,
Die früh verblüht von hinnen führt der Bach,
Die du mein Alles bist!
Du weißt es wohl, daß du mein Alles bist;
O bald, ich fühl's, wirst du gestorben sein
Und lässest dieses arme Herz allein,
Dem du sein Alles bist!
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Gedichte von J.G. Fischer, Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1854, page 67.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Georg Fischer (1816 - 1897), "Die du mein Alles bist", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder der Liebe [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 Gustav Bergmann (1837 - 1892), "Die du mein allest bist", op. 33 (Drei Lieder im Volkston) no. 1, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Freiburg i/B., Liebers [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Busch , "Die du mein Alles bist", published 1886 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Liebes-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Hannover, Oertel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Dorn (1848 - 1931), "Mein Alles", op. 27 (Drei Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1890 [ high voice and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alfred Honndorf (1870 - 1919), "Die du mein Alles bist", op. 20 (Sechs Männerchöre) no. 1, published 1896 [ ttbb chorus ], Leipzig: Vormeyer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Adolf Klauwell (1851 - 1917), "Die du mein Alles bist", op. 15 (Vier Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1877 [ high voice and piano ], Köln, Alt & Uhrig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948), "Die du mein alles bist", 1891 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Joseph) Joachim Raff (1822 - 1882), "Du weißt es wohl, daß du mein Alles bist", op. 47 (3 Lieder) no. 1 (1848), published 1850 [ baritone or alto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Rosenberg (b. 1862), "Die du mein Alles bist", op. 2 (Sechs erotische Gesänge) no. 5, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs erotische Gesänge für 1 Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Du weißt es wohl", op. 68 no. 1, published 1857 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Speidel (1826 - 1899), "Die du mein Alles bist", op. 98 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 6, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Ludwigsburg, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Julius Witt (1819 - 1890), "Die du mein Alles bist", op. 14a, published 1876 [ men's chorus or vocal quartet for male voices ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 87
You know well that you are everything to me;
Oh, do not turn your lovely eyes from me
When I speak to you of our love’s happiness,
You who are everything to me!
You know well that you are everything to me;
Oh, do not gaze enviously after the flowers
That, soon faded, the brook carries away,
You who are everything to me!
You know well that you are everything to me;
Oh soon, I feel it, you shall be dead
And leave this poor heart alone,
[This heart] to which you are everything!
About the headline (FAQ)
Translations of title(s):
"Du weißt es wohl" = "You know well"
"Du weißt es wohl, daß du mein Alles bist" = "You know well that you are everything to me"
"Die du mein allest bist" = "You who are everything to me"
"Mein Alles" = "Everything to me"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Georg Fischer (1816 - 1897), "Die du mein Alles bist", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder der Liebe
This text was added to the website: 2020-02-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 94