Je porte mon amour | Je porte mon amour

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by Karl Friedrich Henckell (1864 - 1929)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Ich trage meine Minne

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA JPN

Ich trage meine Minne 
Vor Wonne stumm
Im Herzen und im Sinne 
Mit mir herum.
Ja, daß ich dich gefunden, 
Du liebes Kind,
Das freut mich alle [Stunde]¹, 
Die mir beschieden sind.

[Ob]² auch der Himmel trübe, 
Kohlschwarz die Nacht,
Hell leuchtet meiner Liebe 
Goldsonn'ge Pracht.
Und liegt [die]³ Welt in Sünden, 
So tut mir's weh --
Die arge muß erblinden 
Vor deiner Unschuld Schnee.

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• R. Strauss

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Note: in some editions of the Strauss in stanza 2, line 5 there is a typo in word 2 ("lügt" instead of "liegt").

¹ Strauss: "Tage"
² Strauss: "Und ob"
³ Strauss:"auch die"

Text Authorship:

by Karl Friedrich Henckell (1864 - 1929), no title [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), "Ich trage meine Minne", op. 32 (Fünf Lieder) no. 1 (1896) [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 68

Je porte mon amour

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Je porte mon amour, 
muet, avec bonheur,
Dans mon cœur et mon esprit 
avec moi partout.
Oui, que je t'ai trouvée, 
chère enfant,
Cela me réjouit tous les jours, 
et que cela me soit accordé.

Et même si le ciel est maussade 
et la nuit noire comme le charbon,
la splendeur brillante comme l'or 
de mon amour éclaire brillamment.
Et même si le monde repose dans le péché, 
et que cela me fasse mal,
Les méchants doivent perdre la vue 
devant la neige de ton innocence.

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Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (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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This text was added to the website: 2011-11-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 86