Im dunkeln Thale stand ich und jammerte
Language: German (Deutsch)
Im dunkeln Thale stand ich und jammerte;
Der Seele bange Leiden umwölken mich;
Verkannter Liebe Schmerzen hiengen
Fürchterlich über mein mattes Haupt her!
Da brach ein Glanz aus Wolken, da schimmerte
Vor mir der Hügel; siehe, da standest du,
O Hofnung, hell im Sonnenstrale,
Winktest mir armen Verlaßnen freundlich.
Hinauf! Hinauf! Da wand ich durch Dornen mich;
Des Bluts nicht achtend; lachte die Schlangen an,
Die wüthig zischten; sah den Glanz nur
Und den eröffneten Arm der Hofnung! --
O Göttin, Göttin! Sage, was wandelt dort?
Es kommt; es kommt! Es lächelt, o Göttin, mir!
Ists Mariane? Mariane?
Birg mich, o Göttin! Es kommt! Es lacht mir! --
In meinen Arm? Ich sinke vor Seligkeit!
Am Herzen mir? O Heilige, steh mir bey! --
Mein bist Du? -- Gott, und Engel Gottes,
Helft mir die lastende Freude tragen!
Wo bin ich, Engel? -- Wieder ins Thal gestürzt?
Umhüllt von neuer, dämmernder Traurigkeit?
Der Hügel wieder trüb in Wolken? --
Engel, und Menschen! Wo bin ich, bin ich?
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Confirmed with Johann Martin Miller, Siegwart. Eine Klostergeschichte, Faksimiledruck nach der Ausgabe von 1776, mit einem Nachwort von Alain Faure, Zweiter Band, Stuttgart: J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1971, pages 788-789. Note: in this edition, the word "Hoffnung" is consistently spelled "Hofnung"
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In the dark valley I stood and wailed
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
In the dark valley I stood and wailed;
Shrouded by the anxious sufferings of my soul;
The pains of misunderstood love hung
Fearsomely over my weary head!
Then a radiance burst forth from the clouds, the hill
Shimmered before me; behold, there you stood
Oh Hope, brightly in a sunbeam,
Beckoned kindly to me, a forsaken wretch.
Upward! Upward! I fought my way through thorns,
Disregarding my bleeding; I laughed at the snakes
That hissed furiously; I only saw the radiance
And the open arms of Hope!
Oh goddess, goddess! Tell me, who walks yonder?
She approaches; she approaches! Oh goddess, she smiles upon me!
Is it Mariane? Mariane?
Hide me, oh goddess! She approaches! She smiles upon me! --
In my arms? I subside in rapture!
At my breast? Oh holy one, stand by me! --
You are mine? -- God, and angels of God,
Help me to bear the burden of happiness!
Where am I, angel? -- Dashed into the valley again?
Shrouded in new, darkening sadness?
The hilltop again drearily in the clouds?
Angels, and people! Where am I, am I?
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