Ja, du weißt es, theure Seele
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): CAT DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA RUS SPA SPA
Ja, du weißt es, theure Seele,
Daß ich fern von dir mich quäle,
Liebe macht die Herzen krank,
Habe Dank.
[Hielt ich nicht]1, der Freiheit Zecher,
Hoch den Amethisten-Becher
Und du segnetest den Trank,
Habe Dank.
Und beschworst darin die Bösen,
Bis ich, was ich nie gewesen,
[Heilig an das Herz]2 dir sank,
Habe Dank.
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Confirmed with Hermann von Gilm, Gedichte, Erster Band, Wien: Verlag von Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1864, page 146.
1 Strauss: "Einst hielt ich"
2 Strauss: "Heilig, heilig an's Herz"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Lawrence Snyder) (Rebecca Plack) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Peter Low) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Devotion", first published 1897
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (David Paley) , "Dedication", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Dedica", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Elena Kalinina) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Abel Alamillo Fernández) , copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Dedicatoria", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Lawrence Snyder , Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 55
Dedication
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the German (Deutsch)
Yes, you know it, dearest soulmate,
Far from you, I have such anguish
Love has made my heart so frail,
Take my thanks.
Once held I, the freedom seeker,
High the amethystine beaker
And you blessed me as I drank
Take my thanks.
And converted all my spirits
Freed from what I was no longer
And so upon your heart I sank
Take my thanks.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 65