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by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)
Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ich liebe dich...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ich liebe dich
Und finde dich
Wenn auch der Tag ganz dunkel wird.

Mein Lebelang
Und immer noch
Bin suchend ich umhergeirrt.

Ich liebe dich!
Ich liebe dich!
Ich liebe dich!

Es öffnen deine Lippen sich . . .
Die Welt ist taub,
Die Welt ist blind

Und auch die Wolke
Und das Laub -
- Nur wir, der goldene Staub
Aus dem wir zwei bereitet:
- Sind!

Confirmed with Else Lasker-Schüler, Werke und Briefe, Band 1: Gedichte Kritische Ausgabe, Erste Auflage, 1996, Jüdischer Verlag im Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1996, pages 298-299.


Text Authorship:

  • by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Ich liebe dich . . .", appears in Mein blaues Klavier, in An ihn, first published 1943 [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 Heinz Becker (b. 1938), "Ich liebe dich...", 1987 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Ich träume so leise von dir, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Elisabeth Dohmen (b. 1958), "Ich liebe dich. . .", 1994 [ female voice and synthesizer ], from Lieder für Frauenstimme und Syntesizer, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Reinhard David Flender (b. 1953), "Ich liebe dich. . .", 1993, first performed 1993 [ mezzo-soprano and orchestra ], from Sternenklang. 15 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Kammerorchester, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ursula Görsch (b. 1932), "Ich liebe dich..." [ voice and piano ], from Eros. Zyklus von sechs Liebeslieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Lutz-Werner Hesse (b. 1955), "Ich liebe Dich", op. 82 no. 4 (2019), first performed 2019 [ reciter, mezzo-soprano, chorus, orchestra ], from »Ich habe dich gewählt...« Symphonisches Gedicht Nr. 2 für Sprecher, Mezzosopran, Chor und großes Orchester, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ulrich Klan (b. 1953), "Ich liebe dich...", 1988-2007 [ voice and instrumental ensemble ], from Mein blaues Klavier. Liederzyklus für Gesang, Bassklarinette, Flöte, Klavier, Wasser und Steine, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Markus Lehmann-Horn (b. 1977), "Ich liebe dich. . .", 2006, first performed 2007 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Drei Lieder für Sopran und Orchester , no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eric Mayr (b. 1962), "Ich liebe dich...", 2021, first performed 2022 [ soprano and piano ], from Mein blaues Klavier, 32 Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 28 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Tilo Medek (1940 - 2006), "Ich liebe dich. . .", 1968, first performed 1969 [ medium voice and orchestra or piano ], from Meine Wunder. Acht Gesänge für mittlere Singstimme und Kammerorchester, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gilead Mishory (b. 1960), "Ich liebe dich. . .", 2007, first performed 2007 [ soprano and organ ], from Drei Liebeslieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Peter-Michael Riehm (1947 - 2007), "Ich liebe dich. . .", 1974-1976 [ soprano and piano ], from Sieben Lieder »Es ist ein Weinen in der Welt« für Sopran und Klavier, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Dieter Schnebel (1930 - 2018), "Ich liebe dich. . .", 1994/2006 [ voice and piano ], from Lasker-Schüler-Lieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Christian Immo Schneider (b. 1935), "Ich liebe dich. . .", 1986/2005 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from 54 Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 27 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Erich-Walter Sternberg (1891 - 1974), "Ich liebe dich. . .", 1945 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Mein Volk: 5 Lieder für Sopran (Mezzosopran/Tenor) und Orchester (Klavier), no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Caroline Tudyka (b. 1966), "Ich liebe dich. . .", first performed 2002 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from »Mon Piano bleu«. Sechs Lieder für Mezzosopran und Klavier, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sybil Westendorp (1910 - 1999), "Ich liebe dich. . .", 1978 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I love you . . .", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Karl Bellenberg [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-05-22
Line count: 17
Word count: 65

I love you . . .
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
I love you
And find you
Though the day grows completely dark.

My whole life
And still
I strayed about, searching.

I love you!
I love you!
I love you!

Your lips part . . .
The world is deaf,
The world is blind

And also the cloud
And the foliage --
-- Only we, the golden dust
From which two are fashioned:
-- Are!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2024 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945), "Ich liebe dich . . .", appears in Mein blaues Klavier, in An ihn, first published 1943
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2024-02-19
Line count: 17
Word count: 62

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