by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875)
Translation Singable translation by Franz von Holstein (1826 - 1878)
Du mein Gedanke, du mein Sein und...
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Danish (Dansk)
Du mein Gedanke, du mein Sein und Werden! De meines Herzens erste Seligkeit! Ich liebe dich wie nichts auf dieser Erden, Ich liebe dich in Zeit und Ewigkeit! Ich denke dein, kann stets nur deiner denken, Nur deinem Glück ist dieses Herz geweiht; Wie Gott auch mag des Lebens Schicksal lenken, Ich liebe dich in Zeit und Ewigkeit.
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Franz von Holstein (1826 - 1878), "Ich liebe dich" [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Min Tankes Tanke", written 1833, from Samlede Digte - Epigrammatiske Digte XII
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Ich liebe dich", op. 5 no. 3 (1864-1865), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], from Hjertets melodier, no. 3, Copenhagen, also set in Danish (Dansk) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Otto Hohlfeld (1854 - 1895), "Ich liebe dich", op. 11 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Darmstadt, Thies [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Heinrich Samuel "Marcel" Sulzberger (1876 - 1941), "Du mein Gedanke", op. 1 (Zwei Gesänge) no. 1 (1905) [ voice and piano ], Zentralbibliothek Zürich, MS [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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