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by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI DAN DUT ENG ENG FRE HEB ITA NOR RUS
An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust,
Du meine Wonne, du meine Lust!

Das Glück ist die Liebe, die Lieb' ist das Glück,
Ich [hab' es]1 gesagt und nehm's nicht zurück.

Hab' [überglücklich]2 mich geschätzt
Bin überglücklich aber jetzt.

Nur die da säugt, nur die da liebt
Das Kind, dem sie die Nahrung giebt;

Nur eine Mutter weiß allein,
Was lieben heißt und glücklich sein.

O, wie bedaur' ich doch den Mann,
Der Mutterglück nicht fühlen kann!

[Du schauest mich an und lächelst dazu,
Du lieber, lieber Engel, du]3!

An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust,
Du meine Wonne, du meine Lust!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   C. Loewe •   Louis Ferdinand •   R. Schumann 

Louis Ferdinand sets stanzas 1-3, 7-8

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Adelbert von Chamisso, Neunzehnte Auflage (19th edition), Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1869, pages 14-15.

Note: Modern German would change the spelling of "giebt" to "gibt"

1 Loewe: "hab's"
2 Schumann: "überschwenglich"
3 Loewe, Schumann: "Du lieber, lieber Engel, du,/ Du schauest mich an und lächelst dazu"

Text Authorship:

  • by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Frauen-Liebe und Leben, no. 7 [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 Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Frauen-Liebe", published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Mechetti [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust", op. 60 no. 7 (1836), from Frauenliebe, Liederkranz von Chamisso, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Louis Ferdinand, Prinz von Preußen (1907 - 1994), "Liebesglück", published 1966, stanzas 1-3,7-8 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "An meinem Herzen" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust", op. 42 no. 7 (1840), published 1843 [ voice and piano ], from Frauenliebe und -Leben, no. 7, Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) (Mei Foong Ang) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DAN Danish (Dansk) (Maryanna Morthensen) , "Ved mit hjerte, ved mit bryst", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Hier in mijn armen, hier aan mijn borst", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Daniel Platt) , "At my heart, at my breast", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Kyle Gee) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur mon cœur, sur mon sein", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Max Mader) (Tsippora Samberg) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Sul mio cuore, sul mio petto", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • RUS Russian (Русский) (Natalia Vyshynska) , "В моём сердце, в моей груди", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 103

Hier in mijn armen, hier aan mijn borst
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Hier in mijn armen, hier aan mijn borst,
Jij, mijn verrukking, mijn kleine vorst!

't Geluk is de liefde, de liefd' is geluk,
Ik heb 't gezegd en neem 't niet terug.
 
'k Was te uitbundig, naar ik dacht,
Nu dolgelukkig onverwacht.

Slechts zij die zoogt, slechts die bemint
Het kind dat bij haar voeding vindt,

Alleen een moeder weet pas echt
Wat liefde is, wat weelde zegt.
 
O, wat beklaag ik toch de man
Die moedergeluk niet voelen kan!

Jij, lieve lieve engel, jij,
Jij kijkt mij aan en glimlacht daarbij1!

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1 Hierna worden de eerste twee regels van het lied herhaald.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2010 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Adelbert von Chamisso (1781 - 1838), no title, appears in Lieder und lyrisch epische Gedichte, in Frauen-Liebe und Leben, no. 7
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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 93

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