"Ich will dich lieben, meine Stärke" (I want to love you, my strength) is a sacred poem by Johann Scheffler who is known by his pen name Angelus Silesius.

The full title of the collection is: "Heilige Seelen-Lust, oder Geistliche Hirten-Lieder der in ihren Jesum verliebten Psyche gesungen von Johann Angelo Silesio, Und von Herren Georgio Josepho mit außbundig schönen Melodeyen geziert / Allen liebhabenden Seelen zur Ergetzligkeit und Vermehrung ihrer heiligen Liebe / zu Lob und Ehren Gottes an Tag gegeben" [1] Saintly Soul-Pleasure, or Spiritual Pastoral Songs, of the Soul that loveth Jesus, sung by Johann Angelus Silesius, and ornamented by Master George Joseph with wonderfully lovely Melodies.

To all charitable Souls for the Satisfaction and Increase of their holy Love / to the Praise and Honour of God presented.Scheffler's poem is in eight stanzas of six lines each, with rhyme scheme ABABCC.

[2] The original header confirm this: "Sie verspricht sich jhn biß in Tod zu lieben" (She promises herself to love him until her death).

[7] In its first print in 1657,[2] the poem appeared with a melodyⓘ with basso continuo by the composer Georg Joseph from Breslau which supports the bucolic character of the poetry by a triple time, and following the stresses of the first stanza.