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by Stefan George (1868 - 1933)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Dies ist ein lied

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG FRE IRI

[Dies]¹ ist ein lied
Für dich allein:
Von kindischem wähnen
Von frommen tränen...
Durch morgengärten klingt es
Ein leichtbeschwingtes.
Nur dir allein
Möcht es ein lied
Das rühre sein.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• E. Wellesz

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Confirmed with Stefan George, Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke, Band 6 / 7, Der siebente Ring, Berlin, 1931, page 157.

¹ Wellesz: "Das"

Text Authorship:

by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Der siebente Ring, in Lieder, in Lieder I-VI, no. 1 [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 Theodor W. Adorno (1903 - 1969), "Dies ist ein lied", 1921/1922 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder aus »Der siebente Ring« von Stefan George, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Eduard Erdmann (1896 - 1958), "Lied" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Horwitz, né Curt Horwitz (1884 - 1925), "Dies ist ein Lied", op. 4 (Sechs Gedichte) no. 2, published 1919 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Alice Samter (1908 - 2004), "Dies ist ein Lied für dich", 1968 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by James Martin Simon (1880 - 1944), "Dies ist ein Lied für dich allein", 1933 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Dies ist ein Lied", op. 3 (Fünf Lieder aus 'Der siebente Ring') no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885 - 1974), "Das ist ein Lied für dich allein", op. 22 no. 1 (1917) [ voice and piano ], from Lieder nach Dichtungen von Stefan George, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Max Zehnder (1901 - 1972), "Dies ist ein lied ", 1929 [ soprano and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für Sopran und Klavier, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Researcher for this page: Jakob Kellner

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 30

This is a song

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

 This is a song
 for you alone:
 of childish beliefs,
 of pious tears...
 through morning gardens it floats
 on light wings.
 Only for you
 would it like to be a song
 that moves the soul.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Stefan George (1868 - 1933), no title, appears in Der siebente Ring, in Lieder, in Lieder I-VI, no. 1
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 36