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Mein liebes Kind, ade! Ich konnt' ade nicht sagen Als sie dich fortgetragen, Vor tiefem, tiefem Weh. [Jetzt]1 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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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorff's sämtliche poetische Werke, dritte Auflage, Erster Band, Gedichte, C. F. Amelang's Verlag, Leipzig, 1883.
1 Kiel: "Und"Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr 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 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 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 [sung text not yet checked]
- 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 [sung text not yet checked]
- 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; reprinted in 1997 by Verlag Dohr, Köln. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Martens , "Auf seines Kindes Tod", op. 24 no. 7, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Eichendorff-Album. 20 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung. Religiöse Lieder, no. 7, Berlin, Deneke [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by (Adolf) Wilhelm Kampmann (b. 1851), "Mein liebes Kind ade", op. 22, published 1874 [ baritone and piano ], Elberfeld, Küpper
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-10-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 56
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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English poem title: 10. of "On the Death of My Child"English song title (Fieletz, Kiel): My dear child, adieu!
English song title (Herzogenberg): Adieu!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 5. Totenopfer, in Auf meines Kindes Tod, no. 10
This text was added to the website: 2013-08-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 69