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by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Ich suche durch Mühen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ich suche durch Mühen
Meine Gedanken
Von Dir zu lenken,
Aber sie glühen
Zu Dir ohne Wanken,
Ich muss Dein gedenken!
Wie nach der Sonne verlangen die Reben,
[Verlangt]1 mich's nach Dir, meine Sonne, mein Leben!

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•   M. de Rothschild 

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1 Rothschild: "So verlangt"

Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Aus dem nachlasse Mirza Schaffy's: Neues Liederbuch, in 1. Lieder der Liebe, in 1. Vorklänge, no. 6 [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 Heinrich Kahl , "Ich suche durch Mühen", published 1888 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eugen Philips , "Ich suche durch Mühen", op. 27 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1894 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Junne [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Ich suche durch Mühen", op. 15 (Neun Lieder aus den Gedichten des Mirza Schaffy von Bodenstedt) no. 8, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Mathilde, Baroness Willy de Rothschild (1832 - 1924), "Ich muss dein gedenken", published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 11, Mainz, Schott [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ernst Walter-Choinanus, né Ernst Walter , "Ich muss dein gedenken", op. 20, Heft 1 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesglück und Liebesleid. Zwölf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 2, München, Jos. Aibl Verlag [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "I seek through labour", copyright © 2012


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 37

I seek through labour
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
I seek through labour
to lead my thoughts
away from you,
but they smolder
on you without wavering:
I must think about you!
Just as vines crave sunlight,
so I crave you, my sun, my life!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2012 by Emily Ezust

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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Aus dem nachlasse Mirza Schaffy's: Neues Liederbuch, in 1. Lieder der Liebe, in 1. Vorklänge, no. 6
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This text was added to the website: 2012-11-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 36

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