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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

So hab ich wirklich dich verloren

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA

So hab ich wirklich dich verloren,
Bist du, o Schöne, mir entflohn?
Noch klingt in den gewohnten Ohren
Ein jedes Wort, ein jeder Ton.

So wie des Wandrers Blick am Morgen
Vergebens in die Lüfte dringt,
Wenn, in dem blauen Raum verborgen,
Hoch über ihm die Lerche singt:

So dringet ängstlich hin und wieder
Durch Feld und Busch und Wald mein Blick;
Dich rufen alle meine Lieder;
O komm, Geliebte, mir zurück!

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe letzter Hand, Erster Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cottaschen Buchhandlung, 1827, page 67; and with Goethe's Schriften, Achter Band, Leipzig, bey Georg Joachim Göschen, 1789, page 117.

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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "An die Entfernte", written 1778, first published 1789 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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Aan de vertrokkene

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Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Dus heb ik werk'lijk jou verloren?
Ben jij, o schoonheid, mij ontvlucht?
Steeds meen ik nog jouw stem te horen,
Nog ieder woord, nog elke zucht.

Zoals de wand'laar in de morgen,
Vergeefs met 't oog de lucht doordringt,
Als in het ruime blauw verborgen,
Hoog boven hem de leeuw'rik zingt:

Zo tracht mijn blik jou weer te vangen
In veld en bos, beangst en vlug;
Jou roepen steeds weer al mijn zangen:
O kom, geliefde, naar mij t'rug.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "An die Entfernte", written 1778, first published 1789
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