Ich sehe dich in täusend Bildern

Ich sehe dich in täusend Bildern,
Maria, lieblich ausgedrückt,
Doch keins von allen kann dich schildern,
Wie meine Seele dich erblickt.

Ich weiß nur, daß der Welt Getümmel
Seitdem mir wie ein Traum verweht
Und ein unnennbar süßer Himmel
Mir ewig im Gemüte steht.

by Novalis (1772-1801) [pseudonym]

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

by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820-1867) , "Marie", op. 4 (Sechs kleine Lieder) no. 1. [soprano or tenor and piano]
by Joseph Marx (1882-1964) , "Marienlied", 1909.
by Max Reger (1873-1916) , "Ich sehe dich in tausend Bildern", op. 105 no. 1 (1907), from Zwei geistliche Lieder, no. 1.
by Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814) , "Ich sehe dich in täusend Bildern"
by Luise Reichardt (1779-1826) , "An Maria"
by Erich Riede (1903-1986) , "Marienlied", op. 7 no. 8.
by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Marienlied", op. 6 no. 5 (1907).
by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) , "Marie", D. 658 (1819?), published 1895.
by Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944) , "Marienlied", op. 20 (Geistliche Lieder) no. 4.
by Johan Weegenhuise (1910-) , "Ich sehe dich in tausend Bildern", 1961.
by Karl Weigl (1881-1949) , "Marienlied", op. 8 (Fünf Frauenlieder für eine mittlere Stimme und Klavier = 5 Songs for young women for a middle voice and piano) no. 4 (1904-6), published 1914. [medium voice and piano]

FRE French (Guy Laffaille)
ENG English [singable] (A. Rosenthal)

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Song to Mary

In thousand images I see thee,
O Mary, sweet in each design.
But none of all can e'er describe thee
As thee does see the soul of mine.
 
I know but that the toils of life then
Alike unto a dream go by
And that a sweet and nameless Heaven
For ever to my mind is nigh.

Singable translation by A. Rosenthal , "Song to Mary"

a text in German by Novalis (1772-1801) FRE

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

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Date added to the website: 2009-06-17.