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Wohl denk' ich allenthalben, O du Entfernte, dein! Früh, wenn die Wolken [falben]1, Und spät im Sternenschein. Im Grund des Morgengoldes, Im rothen Abendlicht, Umschwebst du mich, o holdes, Geliebtes Traumgesicht! Es folgt in alle Weite Dein trautes Bild mir nach, Es wallt mir stets zur Seite, Im Träumen oder wach; Wenn Lüfte sanft bestreifen Der See beschilften Strand, Umflüstern mich die Schleifen Von seinem Busenband. Ein Abglanz seines Schleyers Scheint auf die Saat gewebt; Sein Hauch, was des Gemäuers Bewegten Eppich hebt; Der Kleidung weiche Falten, Geformt aus Glanz und Duft, Entschwinden in den Spalten Der öden Felsenkluft. Wo rauschender und trüber Der Strom Gebirge trennt, Weht oft sein Laut herüber, Den meine Seele kennt; Wenn ich den Fels erklimme, Den noch kein Fuß erreicht, Lausch' ich nach jener Stimme, Doch Kluft und Echo schweigt. Wo durch die Nacht der Fichten Ein Dämm'rungsflimmer wallt, Seh' ich dich zögernd flüchten, Geliebte Luftgestalt! Wenn sanft dir nachzulangen, Der Sehnsucht Arm sich hebt, Ist dein Phantom zergangen, Wie Thaugedüft verschwebt.
F. Schubert sets stanzas 1-2 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
Confirmed with Gedichte von J. G. von Salis. Neueste Auflage. Wien 1815. Bey B. Ph. Bauer, pages 85-86.
1 Schubert (D.331 only): "fallen"Text Authorship:
- by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Der Entfernten", written 1789 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Entfernten", D 331 (c1816), published 1866, first performed 1863, stanzas 1-2 [ vocal quartet for 2 tenors and 2 basses ], first setting [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Der Entfernten", D 350 (1816?), published 1885 [ voice, piano ], second setting [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A la que és lluny", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan de verre afwezige", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To the distant beloved", copyright ©
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "To someone far away", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À la lointaine", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Daniel Faure) , "A la amada distante", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 170
Wherever I am, I think about you, my distant beloved! In the morning when the clouds grow pale, and late at night in the starlight, at the beginning of golden dawn and in the red light of evening, you hover before me, o sweet, most beloved dream-image! Everywhere I go, your dear image follows me; it always floats to my side when I'm dreaming or awake; When breezes gently brush the shore of the reedy ocean, I hear the whispered rustling of your bodice. Where noisier and darker, the river parts the mountains, its sound often comes over to me and my soul knows it; when I climb the cliff that no foot has ever reached before, I listen for that voice but nothing echoes from the gulf below. Where through the night the pines gleam with a dusky glimmer, I see you fleeing hesitantly, beloved, airy figure! When I reach out gently for you, my arms lifted in yearning, your phantom melts and is wafted away like dewy mist.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gaudenz Freiherr von Salis-Seewis (1762 - 1834), "Der Entfernten", written 1789
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 170