Du meine Seele, du mein Herz

Du meine [Seele]1, du mein Herz,
Du meine [Wonn', o du]2 mein Schmerz,
Du meine Welt, in der ich lebe,
Mein Himmel du, darin ich schwebe,
O du mein Grab, in das hinab
Ich ewig meinen Kummer gab!
Du bist die Ruh, du bist der Frieden,
Du bist [der]3 Himmel, mir beschieden.
Daß du mich liebst, macht mich mir wert,
Dein Blick hat mich vor mir verklärt,
Du hebst mich liebend über mich,
Mein guter Geist, mein beßres Ich!

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¹ Bartók: "Liebe" (love)
² Bartók: "Wonne, du"
³ Schumann: "vom"

Authorship

by Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866) , no title, from Liebesfrühling, in 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 3

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Béla Bartók (1881-1945) , "Du meine Liebe, du mein Herz", from Liebeslieder, no. 1.
by Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803-1836) , "Du meine Seele", op. 12 no. 4, published 1836, from Persische Lieder von Fr. Rückert, no. 4, Berlin, Bethge
by Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812-1883) , "Aus dem Liebesfrühling", op. 32 (Vier Liebeslieder) no. 3. [duet for soprano and tenor with piano]
by Johann von Haszlinger , "Du meine Seele, du mein Herz", op. 5 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3.
by Moritz Hauptmann (1792-1868) , "Du meine Seele", op. 26 (Sechs Lieder von F. Rückert) no. 1, published 1840 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Peters
by Henry Charles Litolff (1818-1891) , "Du meine Seele", op. 58 no. 1.
by Heinrich August Marschner (1795-1861) , "Du meine Seele", op. 106 no. 4.
by Elise Schmezer (1810-1856) , "Widmung", op. 7 (Lieder, Romanzen und Balladen, Viertes Heft der Gesänge) no. 3, published c1850 [voice and piano], Magdeburg: Heinrichshofen
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Widmung", op. 25 no. 1 (1840), from Myrten, no. 1.

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "You my soul, my my heart", copyright ©
SPA Spanish (Abel Alamillo Fernández) , "Dedicatoria", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Dedication", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Karel Vereycken) , "Toi mon âme, toi mon coeur", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Dedica", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Cragg-James) , "You are my soul and e’en my heart", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Jij mijn bezieling", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Dedication", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , "Dédicace", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Robert Garrigós) , title unknown, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Marta Garcia Cadena) , "Dedicatòria", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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You my soul, my my heart

You my soul, you my heart,
you my bliss, o you my pain,
you the world in which I live;
you my heaven, in which I float,
o you my grave, into which 
I eternally cast my grief.
You are rest, you are peace,
you are bestowed upon me from heaven.
That you love me makes me worthy of you;
your gaze transfigures me;
you raise me lovingly above myself,
my good spirit, my better self!

Authorship

Translation from German to English copyright © by Emily Ezust,

a text in German by Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866) , no title, from Liebesfrühling, in 1. Erster Strauß. Erwacht, no. 3 DUT CAT ITA FRE SPA

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.