Mein liebes Kind, ade!

Mein liebes Kind, ade!
Ich konnt' ade nicht sagen
Als sie dich fortgetragen,
Vor tiefem, tiefem Weh.
 
Jetzt auf lichtgrünem Plan
Stehst du im Myrtenkranze,
Und lächelst aus dem Glanze
Mich still voll Mitleid an.
 
Und Jahre nahn und gehn,
Wie bald bin ich verstoben -
O bitt für mich da droben,
Daß wir uns wiedersehn!

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Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's sämtliche poetische Werke, dritte Auflage, Erster Band, Gedichte, C. F. Amelang's Verlag, Leipzig, 1883.

Authorship

• by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 10 [ author's text checked 2 times]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Alexander von Fielitz (1860 - 1930), "Mein liebes Kind, Ade!", op. 56 (Vier Eichendorff'sche Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1897 [voice and piano], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [
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• by (Leopold) Heinrich (Picot de Peccaduc), Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843 - 1900), "Ade", op. 105 no. 6, published 1900 [voice and piano], from Elegische Gesänge (Zweite Folge) : aus dem Cyklus "Auf meines Kindes Tod" von J. v. Eichendorff für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 6, Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [
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• by Friedrich Kiel (1821 - 1885), "Mein liebes Kind, Ade", op. 31, Heft 2 no. 9, published 1874 [voice and piano], from Liederkreis. Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 9, Berlin : Bote & Bock [
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• by Wilhelm Martens , "Auf seines Kindes Tod", op. 24 no. 7, published 1900 [voice and piano], from the collection Eichendorff-Album. 20 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung. Religiöse Lieder, no. 7, Berlin, Deneke [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title unknown, copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title unknown, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2011-10-05.
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My dear child, adieu!

My dear child, adieu!
I could not say adieu
When they carried you away,
Because of [my] deep, deep sorrow.

Now upon a bright green plain
You stand wearing a myrtle wreath,
And from out the brightness you
Quietly smile at me, full of sympathy.

And years approach and pass,
How soon shall I be dispersed --
Oh entreat for me there above,
That we may see each other again.

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• a text in German (Deutsch) by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 10 FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Alexander von Fielitz, Heinrich , Freiherr von Herzogenberg, Friedrich Kiel, Wilhelm Martens. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2013-08-15.
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