by
Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)
An meiner Seite saßest du
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
An meiner Seite saßest du,
Wie eine Blume schön,
An meiner Seite blühtest du,
Eine Rose anzuseh'n.
Ach! was sind Rosen auf dem Feld,
In aller ihrer Pracht,
Ach, was ist mir die ganze Welt,
Wenn dein süßer Mund mir lacht!
Kein Veilchen wie dein Auge blau,
Keine Rose wie dein Gesicht,
Du bist meine liebe kleine Frau,
Meine Welt und mein Gedicht.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Klaus Groth's Gesammelte Werke, Vierter Band, Plattdeutsche Erzählungen - Hochdeutsche Gedichte, Kiel und Leipzig: Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, 1893, page 248.
Underneath the poem in the above source: 24. März 1859. (Abends nach einer Gesellschaft.)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "You sat at my side", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2011-05-12
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Word count: 63
You sat at my side
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
You sat at my side
Like a beautiful flower,
You bloomed at my side,
Like a rose to look at.
Ah! what are roses upon the field
In all their splendour,
Ah, what is the whole world to me
When your sweet lips smile at me!
No violet is as blue as your eyes,
No rose is like your face,
You are my dear little wife,
My world and my poem.
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