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Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel, Den ich schon auf Erden gewann! Es hängen sich meine Lieder Als [goldene]1 Sterne daran -- Als [goldene]1, leuchtende Sterne, Noch heller, als die drüben: O, möge nimmermehr Sich dieser Himmel trüben! Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel, Drin herrschest [Du ganz]2 allein! Führst alle guten Gedanken Zu [ewiger]3 Seligkeit ein -- Doch alle schlechten Gedanken: Sie werden vergessen, begraben; O, laß mich immerdar Nur gute Gedanken haben! Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel, Drin wohnet all mein Glück! Aus Deinem Herzen kommt es, Kehrt in Dein Herz zurück -- Zurück durch meine Lieder, Die alle zu Dir sich wenden. O, was durch Dich begann: Laß es durch Dich nie enden!
Confirmed with Ausgewählte Dichtungen von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Zweite Auflage, Berlin: Verlag der Königlichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R.v. Decker), 1864, pages 267-268.
1 Marschner: "gold'ne"2 Marschner: "Du"
3 Marschner: "ew'ger"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), "Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel", appears in Alte und neue Gedichte, in 9. Aus dem Buche Edlitam (1847-1851) [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 Martin Blumner (1827 - 1901), "Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel", op. 24 (Vier Duette für Sopran und Alt mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1870 [ vocal duet for soprano and alto with piano ], Berlin: Schlesinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Lührss (1824 - 1882), "Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel", op. 19b (12 Lieder) no. 3, published 1855 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger; opus 19 was first used in 1846 for a set of 6 songs so we have added 'b' to the opus number to distinguish this later set [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel", op. 163 (Friedrich Bodenstedts Lieder für eine Sopran oder Tenorstimme am Piano zu singen), Heft 2 no. 11, published 1853 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Berlin, Bote und Bock [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Your love is my heaven", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2021-08-19
Line count: 24
Word count: 116
Your love is my heaven That I have already won upon earth! All of my songs attach themselves Upon it as golden stars -- As golden, shining stars, Even brigher than those up yonder: Oh, may this heaven Nevermore grow cloudy! Your love is my heaven, In it you [reign all alone]1! You lead all good thoughts Into eternal bliss -- But all evil thoughts: They are forgotten, buried; Oh, let me always Have only good thoughts! Your love is my heaven, Within it dwells all my happiness! It comes from your heart, And returns to your heart -- Returns through my songs, Which all turn toward you. Oh, may that which began through you Never be ended through you!
1 Marschner: "alone reign"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), "Deine Liebe ist mein Himmel", appears in Alte und neue Gedichte, in 9. Aus dem Buche Edlitam (1847-1851)
This text was added to the website: 2022-05-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 118