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"

Text Authorship:

• by Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg (1812 - 1864), no title, appears in Im Frühling [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 Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Zueignung", op. 10 (Acht Gedichte aus "Letzte Blätter" von Hermann von Gilm) no. 1 (1882-23) [sung text checked 1 time]

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]

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