Jeg elsker dig, Op. 5, No. 3 (Edvard Grieg)

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Contributor: David Newman (added 2008-07-22).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 170 kbytes   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: In German translation by F. von Holstein. English translation by E. M. Smyth. Edition in D Major.
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Editor: Daniel Johnson (added 2008-07-22).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 200 kbytes   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Edition in E flat Major. Source: Oliver Ditson, 1907. Music ID Number: Mutopia-2006/12/18-586. In German translation by F. von Holstein.
Editor: Anne Dubrofsky (added 2003-05-12).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 116 kbytes   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: In original Dutch.

General Information

Title: Jeg elsker Dig, Op. 5, No. 3
Composer: Edvard Grieg
Lyricist: Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Soprano Solo
Genre: Secular, Aria

Languages: Danish, German
Instruments: Piano

Published: Original publication: 1864

Description: Original Danish text "Jeg elsker Dig" by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) - Commonly sung in German - German version attributed here to F. von Holstein.

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Text and translations

Danish.png Danish text

Min Tankes Tanke ene du er vorden,
Du er mit Hjertes første Kærlighed.
Jeg elsker Dig, som Ingen her på Jorden,
Jeg elsker Dig i Tid og Evighed!


German.png German translation by F. von Holstein

Du mein Gedanke, du mein Sein und Werden!
Du 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 deine denken,
Nur deinem Glück ist dieses Herz geweiht,
Wie Gott auch mag des Lebens Schicksal lenken,
Ich liebe dich in Zeit und Ewigkeit!