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by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803)

Zeit, Verkündigerin der besten Freuden
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Zeit, Verkündigerin der besten Freuden,
Nahe selige Zeit, dich in der Ferne
Auszuforschen, vergoß ich
Trübender Thränen zu viel!

Und doch komst du! O dich, ja Engel senden,
Engel senden dich mir, die Menschen waren,
Gleich mir liebten, nun lieben
Wie ein Unsterblicher liebt. 

Auf den Flügeln der Ruh', in Morgenlüften,
Hell vom Thaue des Tags, der höher lächelt,
Mit dem ewigen Frühling,
Kommst du den Himmel herab.

Denn sie fühlet sich ganz, und gießt Entzückung
In dem Herzen empor die volle Seele,
Wenn sie, daß sie geliebt wird,
Trunken von Liebe, sichs denkt!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Klopstocks Oden. Erster Band. Leipzig bey Georg Joachim Göschen. 1798, pages 124-125; and with Oden von Klopstock. WIEN, gedruckt bey Joh. Thomas Edlen von Trattnern, k.k. Hofdruckern und Buchhändlern. 1784, pages 155-156.

Note: The title is An Cidli in the 1784 edition, and An Sie in the 1798 and subsequent editions.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724 - 1803), "An Sie", written 1752 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748 - 1798), "An Cidli", published <<1779, from Oden von Klopstock, mit Melodien von Christian Gottlob Neefe, no. 5, Flensburg und Leipzig: In der Kortenschen Buchhandlung; Leipzig: Bey Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Andreas Jakob Romberg (1767 - 1821), "An Cidli", published 1793 [ voice and piano ], from Oden und Lieder fürs Clavier , no. 4, Bonn: Gestochen und zu haben bey Georg Welsch, Hofmusikus [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "An Sie", D 288 (1815), published 1895 [ voice, piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "An Sie", op. 43 no. 1 (1899), published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Drei Gesänge älterer deutscher Dichter für 1 Singstimme und Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Berlin, Challier & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760 - 1802), "An Cidli", published 1800, from Kleine Balladen und Lieder, Heft I, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan haar", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Time, announcer of the best joys", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À elle", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "A lei", copyright © 2012, (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: 16
Word count: 94

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