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[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.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Stefan George, Gesamt-Ausgabe der Werke, Band 6 / 7, Der siebente Ring, Berlin, 1931, page 157.
1 Wellesz: "Das"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 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 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]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "This is a song", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "C'est un chant", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Jakob Kellner
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 29
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.
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
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 36