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by Detlev von Liliencron (1844 - 1909)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ich liebe dich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA
Vier adlige Rosse
Voran unserm Wagen,
Wir wohnen im Schlosse,
In stolzem Behagen.
Die Frühlichterwellen
Und nächtens der Blitz,
Was all' sie erhellen,
Ist unser Besitz.

Und irrst du verlassen,
Verbannt durch die Lande:
Mit dir durch die Gassen
In Armut und Schande!
Es bluten die Hände,
Die Füße sind wund,
Vier trostlose Wände,
Es kennt uns kein Hund.

Steht silberbeschlagen
Dein Sarg am [Altare]1,
Sie sollen mich tragen
Zu dir auf die [Bahre]2.
Und fern auf der Haide,
Und stirbst du in Not:
Den Dolch aus der Scheide,
Dir nach in den Tod!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   R. Strauss 

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Confirmed with Detlev von Liliencron, Ausgewählte Gedichte, Zweites Tausend, Berlin: Schuster & Loeffler, 1896, pages 159-160.

1 Strauss: "Altar"
2 Strauss: "Bahr' "

Text Authorship:

  • by Detlev von Liliencron (1844 - 1909), "Ich liebe dich", appears in Adjudantenritte, in Liebeslied, no. 3 [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 Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Ich liebe dich", op. 77 (Fünf Lieder für 1 tiefe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolf Buck (1866 - 1952), "Ich liebe dich", op. 11 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Kanth , "Ich liebe dich", op. 5 (Deutsche Meister-Lieder von Detlev von Liliencron für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Schuster & Loeffler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Oskar C. Posa (1873 - 1951), "Ich liebe dich", op. 6 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Ich liebe dich", op. 37 (Sechs Lieder für 1 hohe Stimme -- für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl. Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "T'estimo", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ik houd van jou", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I love you", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "I love but thee"
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je t'aime", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Io ti amo", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfredo García) , "Te amo", copyright © 2004, (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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 98

Je t'aime
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Quatre nobles chevaux
devant notre voiture,
nous habitons un château
avec un bien-être altier.
Les lueurs de l'aube
et l'éclair nocturne,
tout ce qu'ils éclairent
est notre propriété.

Et si tu erres abandonnée,
bannie dans d'autres pays,
je suis avec toi dans les rues,
dans la pauvreté et la honte !
Les mains en sang,
les pieds blessés,
quatre murs désespérés,
pas un chien ne nous connaît.

Si ton cercueil orné d'argent
est placé devant l'autel,
il faudra me porter
près de toi sur le catafalque.
Et si au loin sur la lande,
tu meurs dans la nécessité,
Je tirerai ma dague de son fourreau,
pour te suivre dans la mort ! 

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Pierre Mathé, (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 Detlev von Liliencron (1844 - 1909), "Ich liebe dich", appears in Adjudantenritte, in Liebeslied, no. 3
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2012-01-16
Line count: 24
Word count: 110

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