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by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Bei dir sind meine Gedanken

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA

Bei dir sind meine Gedanken
Und flattern, flattern um dich her;
sie sagen, sie hätten Heimweh,
Hier litt' es die nicht mehr.

Bei dir sind meine Gedanken
Und wollen von dir, von dir nicht fort;
sie sagen, das wär' auf Erden
Der allerschönste Ort.

Sie sagen, unlösbar hielte
Dein Zauber sie festgebannt;
sie hätten an deinen Blicken
Die Flügel sich verbrannt.

Text Authorship:

by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm, "Bei dir sind meine Gedanken", appears in Neue Gedichte, in Lieder der Liebe, no. 4, first published 1864 [author's text not yet checked 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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Bei dir sind meine Gedanken", op. 95 (Sieben Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 (1884), published 1884 [ high voice or low voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Amb tu són els meus pensaments", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Bij jou zijn mijn gedachten", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "With you are my thoughts", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Avec toi sont mes pensées", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "I miei pensieri ti stanno accanto", copyright © 2008, (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: 12
Word count: 61

With you are my thoughts

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

With you are my thoughts,
and they flutter around you.
They say they are homesick;
they will suffer being here no more.

With you are my thoughts
and they do not wish to leave;
they say that in all the world, it is
the most beautiful place.

They say that you hold them inextricably,
your magic keeping them captive;
they have, by your glances,
burned up their wings.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm, "Bei dir sind meine Gedanken", appears in Neue Gedichte, in Lieder der Liebe, no. 4, first published 1864
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 68