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by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912)

Bei Dir muß ich mich aller Kunst und des...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Bei Dir muß ich mich aller Kunst und des Verdienst's entschlagen,
  Vom Himmel frei fällt deine Gunst wie Tau an [Maientagen]1:
  Dem Feind, dem sag' ich: "scheue mich, ich führe scharfes Eisen,"
  Dem Freund, dem sag' ich: "ehre mich, ich will mich würdig weisen."

Dem König sag' ich: "gieb mir Gold, ich weiß, ich kann's verdienen,["]
  Meiner Mutter sag' ich: "sei mir hold, ich hab Dein Blut und Mienen:" -- 
  Doch deine Huld, -- wie Sonnenschein, -- die kann ich nicht verlangen: -- 
  Da muß man fein bescheiden sein und sie geschenkt empfangen.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Ritter 

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Confirmed with Felix Dahn's Sämtliche Werke poetischen Inhalts, Band XVI, Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1898, pages 66-67.

1 Ritter: "Maienmorgen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), no title, appears in Schlichte Weisen, no. 6 [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 Alexander Ritter (1833 - 1896), "Bei dir muss ich mich aller Kunst", op. 2 no. 3, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Schlichte Weisen: Fünf Gedichte von Felix Dahn, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "When I am with you I must put off all artistry", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-07-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 90

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