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Du bist der Stamm, ich bin die Ranke, Du stehest fest, auch ohne mich; Ich aber, Liebster, beb' und wanke Und sinke kraftlos -- ohne Dich. Und [darf]1 ich schmücken auch dein Leben Und dich umklammern inniglich, Du mußt mich stützen, [tragen,]2 heben, Du bist der Stamm -- die Ranke ich.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Blätter für literarische Unterhaltung, Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus: 1870, p. 354.
1 Rothschild: "mag"
2 omitted in the version of this poem found in Blätter für literarische Unterhaltung, but included in another anthology.
Authorship
- by Wilhelmine Gräfin Wickenburg-Almasy (1845 - 1890), 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 Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild (1832 - 1924), "Stamm und Ranke", published 1887 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Mainz, Schott [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Stem and vine", copyright © 2012
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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-16
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Word count: 49
You are the trunk, I am the vine; You stand firmly even without me but I, my dear, tremble and falter and sink powerless without you. And if I could just adorn your life and clasp you dearly, you would have to support me, carry me, lift me; You are the trunk and I am the vine.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2012 by Emily Ezust
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelmine Gräfin Wickenburg-Almasy (1845 - 1890), no title
This text was added to the website: 2012-11-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 57