by Wilhelm Waiblinger (1804 - 1830)
Ach, warum in dieser Ferne
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Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Ach, warum in dieser Ferne, Herz, so weit von dir? Alle Sonnen, alle Sterne Öffnen ihre Augen mir. Nur die reinsten, tiefsten Strahlen, Nur das klarste, blau'ste Licht, D'rin sich Erd' und Himmel malen, Nur dein treues Auge nicht.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Meyer's Groschen-Bibliothek der Deutschen Classiker für alle Stände, Zwehundertundeinundneunzigstes Bändchen, Kopisch und Waiblinger Hildburghausen: Druck vom Bibliographischen Institut, [no year], page 56.
Note: There exists a much longer version of this poem with the title "Lied der Liebe in die Heimath" and a number of textual differences in the first stanza.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Waiblinger (1804 - 1830), "Das Auge der Geliebten" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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