Text and translation for Track 12: Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein from Der favorit by Stolz
Text and translation for Track 12
“Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein” from Der favorit by Stolz
Ich weiß ein Land, das ohne Schranken
Ich weiß ein Reich, worin sich ranken
Wohl tausend zärtliche Gedanken
Um meiner Liebe Rosenpfad
Das ist das Land worin ich lebe,
das ist das Reich, das ich dir gebe
auf dessen Thron ich dich nun hebe
ist meines Herzens freier Staat.
Du, du, du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein
Du, du, du sollst den Purpur tragen ganz allein,
Du, du, du sollst das Zepter führen
Du, du, nur du darfst drin regieren
Du, du, du ziehst als Sieger ein
Wenn du mich liebst, hast du zum Lohne,
in meinem Herzen deine Krone
und schaltest frei auf goldnem Throne,
den meine Liebe dir gebaut.
Du bist der Kaiser , den ich wähle,
und deine Wünsche sind Befehle
gehorchen wird dir meine Seele
die ich so ganz dir anvertraut.
I know a land without borders
I know an empire wherein are entwining
Some thousand tender thoughts
Around the rose-path of my love
This is the Land wherein I live
This is the empire that I will give to you
On the throne on which I will lift you
Is the free country of my heart.
You, you, you shall be the emperor of my soul
You, you, you shall wear the purple all alone
You, you, you shall raise the sceptre
You, you only are allowed to reign there
You, you march in as a victor.
If you love me you’ll get as a reward
A crown in my heart
And you shall operate freely on the golden throne
Which my love has built for you.
You are the emperor I choose
And your wishes are orders for me
My soul will obey you
Which I so entirely entrusted to you.
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Thanks for the lyrics. My wife (83) and I (84) “discovered” central European (mostly) operetta about a yr and 1/2 ago. We long ago gave up hope that musical shows of the old Broadway variety would be forthcoming, providing new tunes for our entertainment. Then we found a whole new cache of songs in operetta and operetta-like-music in the shows of Kalman., Abraham Pal, Robert Stoltz etc. [Mostly in German and Hungarian, but also in other languages. Translating titles is usually no problem, but the lyrics are more problematical, – mostly those in German. Mark Twain once devoted a chapter in one of his travel books, to something like “The Horrible German Language” in which he pointed out some of the challenges faced by any student thereof. Most translations on the internet are just the literal translations obtained by plugging German text into the Google translater. Your website is much appreciated.
Thank you
R Stewart
I am thrilled to have found your site, I’ve known these grate tunes since I was 10 or less, I am 78 now.Born in Budapest. Lehar and Strauss among others were the great weaver of unforgettable
melodies.Thanks for your contribution.
Simon is not responsible for the lyrics. The team has searched for texts and translations, or translated if not a “official” translation was found and put everything online. But thanks anyway.
Thanks for the lyrics, Simon.
There are Lehar, Kalmann and Strauss, but
Stolz is deep in my heart.