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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Ich sprach: Du bist nun meine Welt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich sprach: Du bist nun meine Welt.
Sie sprach: Wie ist die Welt so klein.
Ob sie auf Dauer dir gefällt?
Sie sollte, furcht' ich, reicher seyn. 

Mein Freund! es wohnt in dieser Welt
Nur Liebe, Liebe, Lieb' allein;
Und wenn dich diese fest nicht hält,
So muß die Welt verloren seyn.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 45 [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 Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Ich sprach: du bist nun meine Welt", op. 34 no. 10 (1901) [ voice and piano ], from Liebesfrühling. 17 Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Rückert, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 52

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