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Dir, [Mädchen]1, schlägt mit leisem Beben Mein Herz voll Treu und Liebe zu. In Dir, in Dir versinkt mein Streben, Mein schönstes Ziel bist Du! Dein Name nur in heil'gen Tönen Hat meine kühne Brust gefüllt, Im Glanz des Guten und des Schönen Strahlt mir Dein [hohes]2 Bild. Die Liebe sproßt aus zarten Keimen, Und ihre Blüthen welken nie! Du, Mädchen, lebst in meinen Träumen Mit süßer Harmonie. Begeist'rung rauscht auf mich hernieder, Kühn greif ich in die Saiten ein, Und alle meine schönsten Lieder, Sie nennen Dich allein. Mein Himmel glüht in Deinen Blicken, An Deiner Brust mein Paradies. Ach, alle Reitze, die Dich schmücken, Sie sind so hold, so süß. Es wogt die Brust in Freud' und Schmerzen, Nur eine Sehnsucht lebt in mir, Nur ein Gedanke hier im Herzen: Der ew'ge Drang nach Dir.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Knospen von Theodor Körner. Leipzig bei Georg Joachim Göschen. 1810, pages 104-105; and with Theodor Körner's Gedichte. [Erster Theil.] Neueste Auflage. Wien 1815. Bey B. Ph. Bauer, pages 79-80.
1 Lachner: "Theure" ; further changes may exist not shown above.2 Körner (Knospen, 1810 edition): "holdes"
Text Authorship:
- by (Karl) Theodor Körner (1791 - 1813), "Liebesrausch", written 1808-09, appears in Knospen, first published 1810 [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 Stephan Franz (1785 - 1855), "Liebesrausch", published 1815 [ voice, piano ], from Sechs Gedichte von Theodor Körner zum Gesang und Fortepiano, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Hünten (1793 - 1878), "Liebesrausch", published 1838 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ignaz Lachner (1807 - 1895), "Liebesgluth", op. 43 no. 2 [ voice, piano, and horn or violoncello ], from Zwei Lieder für eine Stimme mit Pianoforte und Waldhorn oder Violoncello, no. 2, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
- by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Liebesrausch" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Liebesrausch", D 179 (1815), published 1872 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Liebesrausch", D 164 (1815) [ voice, piano ], fragment, completed by Reinhard van Hoorickx [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Walter , "Liebesrausch", op. 27, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, Leipzig, Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Embriaguesa d’amor", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Liefdesroes", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Love's exhilaration", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ivresse d'amour", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 140
Maiden, my heart throbs for you with gentle trembling, full of fidelity and love. In you, in you, I give up my striving; for you are my fairest goal! Your name will resound in sacred tones and fill my bold heart; in a radiance of goodness and beauty your image will shine upon me. Love springs from tender buds, and its blossoms will never wilt! You, maiden, live in my dreams, with sweet harmony. Rapture rushes through me; boldly I strum the strings, and all my fairest songs, I give your name alone. My heaven gleams in your gaze, at your bosom is my paradise; ah! all the charm that adorns you is so lovely, so sweet; my heart swims in joy and pain; only longing lives in me, only one thought here in my heart - an eternal yearning for you.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by (Karl) Theodor Körner (1791 - 1813), "Liebesrausch", written 1808-09, appears in Knospen, first published 1810
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 142