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Ja, du weißt es, theure Seele,
Daß ich fern von dir mich quäle,
Liebe macht die Herzen krank,
Habe Dank.
[Hielt ich nicht]1, der Freiheit Zecher,
Hoch den Amethisten-Becher
Und du segnetest den Trank,
Habe Dank.
Und beschworst darin die Bösen,
Bis ich, was ich nie gewesen,
[Heilig an das Herz]2 dir sank,
Habe Dank.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Hermann von Gilm, Gedichte, Erster Band, Wien: Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1864, page 146.
1 Strauss: "Einst hielt ich"2 Strauss: "Heilig, heilig an's Herz"
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864), no title, appears in Im Frühling [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Zueignung", op. 10 (Acht Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter" von Hermann von Gilm) no. 1 (1882-23) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) (Rebecca Plack) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Peter Low) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Devotion", first published 1897
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (David Paley) , "Dedication", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Dedica", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- JPN Japanese (日本語) (Naoyuki Okada) , "献呈", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Elena Kalinina) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Abel Alamillo Fernández) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Dedicatoria", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Lawrence Snyder , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 58
Yes, you know it, dearest soul, How I suffer far from you, Love makes the heart sick, Have thanks. Once I, drinker of freedom, Held high the amethyst beaker, And you blessed the drink, Have thanks. And you exorcised the evils in it, Until I, as I had never been before, Blessed, blessed sank upon your heart, Have thanks.
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Translation of "Zueignung" = "Dedication"Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Lawrence Snyder and Rebecca Plack, (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 Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864), no title, appears in Im Frühling
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 59